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REPORT 


UPON    THE 


CENSUS  OF  RHODE  ISLAND, 

•1865; 


WITH    THE    STATISTICS    OF    THE    POPULATION,    AGRICULTURE,    FISHERIES 
AND  MANUFACTURES  OF  THE  STATE. 


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EDWIN    M.    SNOW,    M.  D., 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE  CENSUS. 


PROVIDENCE: 

PROVIDENCE  PRESS  COMPANY,  STATE  PRINTERS. 

1867. 


OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY  OF  STATE,          > 
PROVIDENCE,  February  20,  1867.  ) 

To  the  Honorable  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island : 

Gentlemen  :  —  At  the  session  of  the  General  Assembly  in  January,  1865, 
an  act  was  pa'ssed  providing  for  the  taking  of  a  decennial  census  of  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  State ;  and  at  the  May  session  following,  an  additional  act  was 
passed,  requiring. the  statistics  of  the  manufactures,  business  and  agriculture 
of  the  State  to  be  taken  at  the  same  time. 

The  acts  alluded  to,  direct  the  Secretary  of  State,  with  the  advice  of  the 
Governor,  to  provide  such  blanks  for  the  returns  of  the  census  and  statistics 
as  they  may  deem  necessary,  and  to  employ  the  requisite  agents  to  perform  the 
several  duties  required  by  the  acts  in  question. 

No  time  was  lost  in  making  the  preliminary  arrangements  for  this  important 
work,  and  the  State  was  fortunate  in  securing  the  services  of  Dr.  EDWIN  M. 
SNOW,  of  Providence,  a  gentleman  whose  experience  and  high  reputation  as  a 
statistician  is  not  surpassed,  if  equalled,  by  that  of  any  one  in  the  United 
States.  This  gentleman  was  therefore  made  Superintendent  of  the  Census, 
with  full  power  to  prepare  such  printed  blanks  and  to  adopt  such  plans  as  would 
ensure  the  careful  collection  of  the  facts  contemplated  by  the  act ;  to  condense 
and  tabulate  them ;  to  accompany  them  with  such  remarks,  in  the  form  of  a 
report,  as  would  elucidate  and  render  them  most  useful,  and  to  superintend 
their  publication. 

All  this  work  has  been  performed  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner,  and  the 
printed  abstract  will  be  found  to  contain  many  more  particulars  relating  to  the 
population  of  the  State,  the  statistics  of  its  manufactures,  business,  and  agri- 
culture, than  have  ever  before  been  brought  together,  in  relation  to  this  State, 
and  upon  some  subjects,  more  than  have  ever  been  collected  by  any  State  in 
the  Union. 

The  report  of  Dr.  Snow  is  herewith  respectfully  submitted. 

JOHN  K.  BARTLETT, 
o  o  M  r  c  Secretary  of  State. 

JAN  18  1902 


PART    I. 

REPORT _ ix— cxii 

Introductory ix 

State  bureau  of  statistics xi 

Plan  of  this  report ; xiii 

I.  THE  S.TATE  OF   RHODE   ISLAND   AS  IT  IS. xv— xxiv 

Natural  features  of  the  State * xv 

Density  of  population  in  each  town,  <T ABLE) xvi 

Density  compared  with  other  States xvii 

Villages  and  post  offices  in  Rhode  Island,  (TABLE) xix 

II.  POLITICAL  DIVISIONS  AND  PREVIOUS  CENSUSES xxiv— xlvii 

County  divisions,  History  of xxv 

Counties  and  towns,  with  date  of  incorporation,  from  what  taken,  original  names, 

changes  of  boundaries,  &c.,  (TABLE) xxvii 

PREVIOUS  censuses,  with  population  of  each  town,  (TABLE) xxxii 

Notes  upon  table  of  previous  censuses -xxxiv 

Rate  per  cent,  of  increase  or  decrease  of  population  of  each  town  in  Rhode  Island, 

1748  to  1865,  (TABLE) _~_ xxxvi 

Remarks  upon  changes  of  population  at  different  periods xxxviii 

Censuses  of  Providence xlii 

COLORED  population  of  Rhode  Island xlii 

Colored  persons  and  Indians  in  each  town  in  the  State,  at  different  dates,  1730  to 

1865,  (TABLE) xliv 

Percentage  of  colored  persons  at  different  periods xlvi 

The  colored  race  not  self  sustaining  in  New  England xlvii 

III.  COMMENTS  UPON  THE  TABLES _. - - xlviii-cxii 

1.    COMMENTS  UPON  THE  TABLES  OF  POPULATION xlviii 

Dwelling  houses  and  families xlviii 

Sex  ani  color  of  the  population - 

NATIVITY 1 

Migration  of  population  within  the  State lii 

Natives  of  other  States  living  in  Rhode  Island liii 

Natives  of  Rhode  Island  in  other  States - liv 

FOREIGNERS  by  birth,  in  Rhode  Island -  liv 

Percentage  of  foreigners  at  different  dates -- Iv 

Remarks  on- the  subject  of  nativity  of  the  population - Iv 

Serious  defect  in  censuses  in  this  country Ivii 

Nativity  alone,  in  censuses,  worse  than  useless Ivii 


VI  CONTENTS. 

Parentage  of  population  important lix 

NATIVITY  and  parentage  of  population  of  Rhode   Island r lix 

Persons  of  mixed  parentage -  lix 

Percentages  by  nativity  and  by  parentage,  in  Providence lx 

Remarks  on  decrease  of  native  American  population  in  New  England - -  Ixi 

Sex,  by  nativity  and  parentage  in  Providence ---  Ixii 

AOE  and  sex Ixiii 

Proportions  of  the  sexes  at  different  ages  in  Rhode  Island,  (TABLE) Ixv 

Proportions  of  total  population  at  different  ages  in  different  countries,  (TABLE) Ixvi 

DKPKXDKXT  and  productive  classes,  (COMPARATIVE  TABLE) Ixvii 

Age  and  parentage  in  Providence Ixviii 

List  of  persons  in  each  town,  ninety  years  of  age  and  over,  (TABLE) Ixix 

Education,  and  absence  from  school Ixxii 

Improvement  in  Providence -*...  Ixxiii 

IGNORANCE,  cannot  read  and  write- - - Ixxiv 

Proportion  of  ignorance  in  classes  of  the  population Ixxvi 

Relative  proportions  in  different  classes Ixxviii 

"Want  of  education  in  Providence,  1855  and  1865 Ixxix 

• 

Number  who  sign  marriage  certificates  with  a  mark Ixxx 

Conclusions  in  relation  to  ignorance Ixxxi 

DEAF  and  dumb,  blind,  insane,  &c — - Ixxxi 

NATUKALIZED   voters  in  Rhode  Island Jxxxii 

MILITARY  and  naval  service Ixxxiii 

Proportions  furnished  the  army  and  navy  in  the  several  counties Ixxxiv 

OCCUPATIONS  of  the  population,  1860  and  1865,  (TABLE) Ixxxiv 

2    COMMENTS  rpox  THE  TABLES   OF.  AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS Ixxxvi 

•  Products  of  agriculture  in  Rhode  Island,  1850,  1860  and  1865,  (TABLE) Ixxxvii 

General  results  obtained,  valuable. : Ixxxix 

Total  value  of  agricultural  investments  and  products,  for  the  year xc 

Average  yield  per  acre  in  Rhode  Island,  of  several  crops xc 

Average  yield  per  acre  greater  in  Rhode  Island  than  at  the  "West xci 

3.  COMMENTS  UPON  THE  TABLES  OF  FISHERIES  AND  SHORE   STATISTICS xcii 

Statistics  of  fisheries,  &c.,  in  the  State,  1860  and  1865,  (TABLE) xciii 

Importance  of  the  fisheries  in  Rhode  Island xciv 

4.  COMMENTS  UPON  THE  TABLES  OF  MANUFACTURES  -- xcv 

Manufactures  in  Rhode  Island  for  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865,  (TABLE) xcvii 

Cotton'manufactures  in  Rhode  Island,  (TABLE) xcix 

"Woolen  manufactures,  (TABLE) c 

Iron  manufactures,  (TABLE) ci 

Statistics  of  manufactures,  by  counties,  1860  and  1865,  (TABLE) cii 

PRODUCTS  of  manufactures  in  the  State,  one  year,  (TABLE) ciii 

Substances  used  in  manufactures,  (TABLE) cv 

DAILY  products  in  Rhode  Island,  (TABLE)... cv 

Spindles  and  looms  in  use cvi 

POWER  used  in  manufactures cvii 

Kind  of  power  used  in  .each  town,  (TABLE) cviii 

Importance  of  manufactures  in  Rhode  Island i cix 

Importance  of  full  and  correct  statistics — ex 

Conclusion,  recapitulatory cxi 


CONTENTS.  vil 


PAKT     II. 

TABULAR  STATISTICS - 1—98 

1.    TABLES  OP  POPULATION...'.  ." :.. 1 — 52 

TABLE  I.  Showing  the  population,  number  of  dwelling  houses,  number  of  fami- 
lies to  each  dwelling,  and  number  of  persons  to  each  dwelling  and  each 
family,  in  each  town  of  the  State 2 

TABLK  II. — SEX  AND  COLOR.  Showing  the  sex  and  color  of  the  population  in 

each  town,  and  division  of  the  State 3 

TABLE  III.  Showing  the  particulars  of  tables  I  and  II,  in  the  cities  of  Provi- 
dence and  Newport,  by  wards 4 

TABLK  IV. — NATIVITY.     Showing  im  general  terms  the  birth  places  of  the  population 5 

TABLE  V. — NATIVITY.  Showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  town  were 

born  in  each  town  and  county  in  Ilhode  Island ?. 6 — 9 

TABLE  VI. — NATIVITY.  Showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  town  and 

county  of  the  State  were  born  in  each  of  the  United  States 10—12 

TABLE  VII. — NATIVITY.  Showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  town  in 

the  State  were  born  in  each  foreign  country 13 — 15 

TABLE  VIII. — NATIVITY.    Showing  the  particulars  of  table  IV  in  the  cities  of 

Providence  and  Newport,  by  wards 16 

TAUT.E  IX.— NATIVITY.  Being  table  V  for  the  city  of  Providence,  by  wards; 
showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  ward,  in  the  city  of  Provi- 
dence, were  born  in  each  town  and  county  in  Rhode  Island 17 

TABLE  X. ---NATIVITY.  Being  table  V  for  the  city  of  Newport,  by  wards  ;  showing 
how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  ward  in  the  city  of  Newport,  were 

born  in  each  town  and  county  in  Rhode  Island —  18 

TABLE  XI. — NATIVITY.  Being  table  VI  for  the  city  of  Providence,  by  wards  ; 
showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  ward  in  the  city  of  Provi- 
dence, were  born  in  each  of  the  United  States • 19 

TABLE  XII. — NATIVITY.  Being  table  VI  for  the  city  of  Newport,  by  wards  ; 
showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  ward  in  the  city  of  Newport, 

were  born  in  each  of  the  United  States 20 

TABLK  XIII. — NATIVIIY.  Showing  the  particulars  of  table  VII  in  the  city  of 
Providence*  by  *»rds;  showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  ward 

in  the  city  of  Providence  were  born  in  each  foreign  country 21 

TABLE  XIV. — NATIVITY.  Showing  the  particulars  of  table  VII  in  the  city  of 
Newport,  by  wards ;  showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  in  each  ward  of 

the  city  of  Newport  were  born  in  each  foreign  country 32 

TABLE  XV.— PARENTAGE.    Showing  the  parentage  of  the  population  in  each 

town  and  county  in  the  State -- 23 — 24 

TABLE  XVI.— PARENTAGE.    Being  table  XV  for  Providence  and  Newport,  by 

wards  ;  showing  the  parentage  of  the  population  in  each  ward 25 

TABLE  XVII.— NATIVITY  AND  PARENTAGE  COMPARED.  Showing  the  number  and 
proportions  of  the  population  by  nativity  and  by  parentage  in  each  town  in 

the  State.    Mixed  parentage  given  according  to  the  birth-place  of  the  fathers 26 

TABLE  XVIII.— NATIVITY  AND  PARENTAGE  COMPARED.  Being  table  XVII  for 
for  the  cities  of  Providence  and  Newport,  by  wards.  Those  of  mixed 

parentage  according  to  birth-place  of  their  fathers.. .,, : 27 

TABLE  XIX. — SEX  OF  FOREIGN  BORN.     Showing  the  sex  of  the  population  of 

foreign  birth  in  each  ward  of  the  city  of  Providence 28 

TABLE  XX.— SEX  AND  PARENTAGE.    Showing  the  parentage  and  sex  of  the  whole 

population  in  each  ward  of  the  city  of  Providence 28 

TABLE  XXI. — AGE  AND  SEX.  Showing  the  number  of  each  sex,  in  each  division 
of  ages,  in  each  town  and  county  in  Rhode  Island,  and  in  Providence  and 
Newport,  by  wards 29 — 37 


viii  CONTENTS. 

TABLE  XXII. — AGE  AND  PARENTAGE.  Showing  the  number  of  American,  and  of 
foreign  parentage,  in  each  division  of  ages,  in  each  ward  of  the  city  of  Provi- 
dence ;  those  of  mixed  parentage  being  placed  according  to  the  birth-place 
of  their  fathers ' - 38 

TABLE  XXIII. —ATTENDING  SCHOOL.  Showing  the  population  in  each  town  be- 
tween the  ages  of  5  and  15,  and  the  number  of  all  ages  who  attended  public, 
select,  or  catholic  schools,  in  each  town,  during  the  year  ending  June  1,  18(55 39 

TABLE  XXIV. — ATTENDING  SCHOOL.  Being  table  XXIII  for  the  cities  of  Provi- 
dence and  Newport,  by  wards 40 

TABLE  XXV.  Showing  the  number  of  deaf  and  dumb,  blind,  insane,  idiotic, 

paupers,  and  convicts,  in  each  town  in  the  State 41 

TABLE  XXVI. — WANT  OF  EDUCATION.  Showing  how  many  persons  in  each  town 
in  the  State,  of  the  ago  of  15  years  and  over,  can  neither  read  nor  write,  and 
how  many  can  read  but  cannot  write ;  the  statistics  according  to  parentage 42—43 

TABLE  XXVII.— WANT  op  EDUCATION.  Being  table  XXVI,  for  the  cities  of 

Providence  and  Newport,  by  wards 44 

TABLE  XXVIII. — NATURALIZED  VOTERS.  Showing  how  many  natives  of  foreign 
countries  have  become  voters  under  the  laws  of  Rhode  Island,  in  eaclj  town 
and  county  in  the  State 45 

TABLE  XXIX.— NATURALIZED  VOTERS.  Being  table  XXVIII  for  the  cities  of 

Providence  and  Newport,  by  wards - 46 

TABLE  XXX.  MILITARY  AND  NAVAL  SERVICE.  Showing  how  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  jcach  town  in  the  State,  who  were  living  on  the  first  day  of 
June,  1865,  were  at  tha?"  time,  or  had  been  since  I860,  in  the  military  or 
naval  service  of  the  United  States 47 

TABLE  XXXI.— MILITARY  AND  NAVAL  SERVICE.  Showing  how  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  each  county  in  Rhode  Island,  who  were  living  June  1,  1865, 
were  at  that  time,  or  had  been  since  1860,  in  the  military  or  naval  service  of 
the  United  States  :  and  also  showing  the  States  in  which  they  enlisted 48 

TABLE  XXXII. — OCCUPATIONS.  Showing  the  occupations  of  persons  of  15  years 

and  over,  as  reported  in  the  census  of  the  population  in  the  whole  State. 49 — 51 

2.  TABLES  OF  AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS 53—64 

TABLE   XXXIII. — AGRICULTURAL    STATISTICS  of   the  State  of   Rhode    Island, 

census  of  June  1,  1865 .. 54 

TABLE  XXXIV. — AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS.  Showing  the  number  and  size  of 

the  farms  in  each  town  and  county  of  Rhode  Island-- ? 61 

Additional  agricultural  statistics,  (TABLES) 62 

3.  TABLES  OF  FISHERIES  AND  SHORE  STATISTICS 65 — 70 

TABLE  XXXV.— FISHERIES  AND  SHORE  STATISTICS.     Showing  the  statistics  in 

Rhode  Island  for  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865 66 

4.  TABLES  OF  STATISTICS  OF  MANUFACTURES 71 — 98 

Statistics  of  manufactures  in  the  State,  alphabetically  arranged 72 — 95 

Additional  manufactures 96 

TABLE  XXXVI.— MANUFACTURES,     Showing  the  statistics  of  manufactures  in 

each  town  and  city  in  Rhode  Island,  for  the  year  ei-ding  June  1,  1865 97 

APPENDIX 99-112 

Census  acts  of  the  General  Assembly  in  1865. 100 

'Blank  used  for  statistics  of  population . 103 

Blank  used  for  agricultural  statistics 104 

Blank  used  for  fisheries  and  shore  statistics 105 

Blank  used  for  statistics  of  manufactures 106 

Instructions  issued  for  census  of  1865 . .  107 


CENSUS 

OF 

RHODE     ISL 

*T  TJ  ISP  E    1,    1865. 


REPORT. 

THE  present  volume  contains  the  results  obtained  by  the  Census  of 
Rhode  Island  ;  the  statistics  of  population  being  for  the  first  day 
of  June,  1865,  and  those  of  agriculture,  fisheries,  and  manufactures, 
for  the  year  ending  at  that  date. 

The  census  was  taken  in  pursuance  of  an  Act  of  the  General 
Assembly  passed  March  17,  1865,  and  of  an  "  Act  in  Amendment 
of  and  in  Addition  "  thereto,  passed~~on  the  10th  of  June  of  the 
same  year.  These  Acts,  copies  of  which  are  given  in  the  Appendix, 
provide  for  taking  a  census  of  the  inhabitants,  and  also  the  statistics 
of  the  manufactures,  business,  and  agriculture  of  the  State,  on  the 
1st  day  of  June,  1865,  and  every  tenth  year  thereafter. 

The  late  period  at  which  these  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  were 
passed,  and  the  amendments  and  additions  provided  in  the  second 
Act,  caused  much  delay  in  the  preparation  of  the  blanks,  and  also  in 
obtaining  the  statistics,  and  in  preparing  the  tables  from  them,  which 
rendered  it  impossible  to  complete  the  final  report  at  the  time  required 
by  law.  The  delay  has,  however,  given  an  opportunity  to  make  the 
tables  much  more  full  and  complete  than  they  would  otherwise  have 
been. 

At  the  January  session,  (1866,)  of  the  General  Assembly,  a 
partial  report  was  presented,  containing  the  statistics  of  the  popula- 
tion, agriculture,  and  fisheries  of  the  State.  Since  that  time,  the 


X.  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    186o. 

statistics  of  manufactures  have  been  prepared  and  printed,  and  are 
given  in  the  present  volume,  together  with  the  statistics  already  pre- 
sented in  the  partial  report.  A  copy  of  the  returns  of  the  census 
of  the  population  of  each  town  and  city' has  been  deposited  in  the 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  has  been  bound  in  suitable  vol- 
umes. These  volumes  contain  the  name  and  other  particulars,  of 
every  man,  woman,  and  child  living  in  the  State  on  the  1st  day  of 
June,  1865 ;  and  also  the  names  of  those  belonging  in  the  State, 
who  were  absent  at  that  date,  in  the  Army  or  in  the  Navy  of  the 
United  States,  or  elsewhere.  The  original  returns  of  the  census  of 
population  are  deposited  in  the  clerks'  offices  of  the  several  towns  and 
cities,  and  it  is  presumed  that  each  town  will  have  them  suitably 
bound  for  preservation  and  for  reference. 

As  the  preparation  of  the  blanks  for  the  census  was  not  commenced 
until  nearly  the  date  at  which  the  statistics  were  to  be  obtained,  it  was 
impossible  to  give  them  as  much  thought  and  study  as  was  desirable. 
An  examination  of  the  tables  given  in  this  volume,  in  connection  with 
the  explanations  and  comments  upon  them,  will  show,  however,  that 
an  immense  amount  of  information  was  obtained  by  the  census,  and 
that,  in  many  important  particulars,  it  was  more  full  and  complete 
than  any  United  States  census  ever  taken  in  this  State.  A  descrip- 
tion of  the  blanks  used,  and  a  copy  of  the  "Instructions"  accom- 
panying them  will  be  found  in  the  Appendix  to  this  volume.* 

The  Acts  of  tjie  General  Assembly  under  which  the  present  cen- 
sus was  taken,  make  provision  for  collecting  many  other  facts  which 
it  was  impossible  to  obtain  on  account  of  the  late  date  at  which  the 
work  was  commenced.  It  is  obvious  that  a  complete  statement  of  all 
the  resources  and  capabilities  of  the  State  would  be  extremely  inter- 
esting to  our  citizens,  and  of  great  value  and  constant  utility  to  the 
legislative,  as  well  as  other  departments  of  the  government.  Such 
a  statement  would  contain  a  multitude  of  facts  which  will  not  be 
found  in  this  volume.  Among  them  would  be  the  statistics  of  com- 
merce and  trade  ;  the  value  of  real  and  personal  estate,  and  rate  of 


*  In  this  connection,  I  wish  to  acknowledge  my  indebtedness  to  the  Superinten- 
dent of  the  Census  of  the  State  of  New  York,  Dr.  Franklin  B.  Hough  of  Albany, 
for  many  valuable  hints.  His  report  on  the  census  of  that  State,  in  1855,  was 
probably  the  most  complete  work  of  the  kind  ever  published  in  this  country,  and 
that  upon  the  census  of  1865,  judging  from  the  blanks  used,  and  from  the  plan  pro- 
posed, will  be  still  more  complete  and  perfect. 


BUREAU    OF    STATISTICS.  XI. 

taxation  in  each  town  :  the  statistics  of  education  ;  the  religious  sta- 
tistics ;  the  statistics  of  pauperism,  insanity,  &c.,  &c. ;  all  of  which, 
and  many  more,  are  not  only  desirable,  but  are,  in  a  measure,  abso- 
lutely necessary  for  a  full  understanding  of  the  interests  of  the  State, 
and  for  intelligent  legislation  in  relation  to  them. 

As  the  Census  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  provide  for  a  census 
of  the  State  in  1875,  and  every  tenth  year  thereafter,  there  will  be 
abundant  time  and  opportunity  in  future,  to  make  arrangements  for 
obtaining  all  the  information  that  is  desired,  and  for  its  prompt 
publication. 

BUREAU    OF    STATISTICS. 

But  the  question  arises,  and  is  worthy  the  consideration  of  the 
General  Assembly,  whether  a  decennial  census  is  sufficient  to  meet 
the  wants  of  the  State.  A  census  taken  only  once  in  ten  years,  must 
from  necessity  be  taken  under  the  direction  of  inexperienced  persons, 
and  of  persons  who  have  no  opportunity  to  investigate  the  subject, 
and  devise  the  best  plan  for  the  blanks,  or  the  best  system  of  doing 
the  work.  Everything  will  be  done  without  plan  or  system,  and  in 
the  most  disadvantageous  manner.  No  two  censuses  will  correspond 
with  each  other  in  the  kind,  or  amount,  or  completeness,  of  the  infor- 
mation obtained. 

Besides  this,  a  decennial  census  may,  from  accidental  circumstan- 
ces, fail  entirely  to  give  any  correct  idea  of  very  many  of  the  statistics 
desired  to  be  obtained.  For  example  ;  the  statistics  of  no  single 
year  can  show  truly  the  facts  for  a  series  of  years,  in  relation  to  manu- 
factures, agriculture,  trade,  commerce,  and  many  other  subjects.  It 
is  desirable  and  necessary  for  the  interests  of  the  State,  that  these 
statistics  and  many  others,  should  be  obtained  and  published  as  often 
as  every  year. 

Again,  a  census  taken  in  the  manner  it  is  usually  taken,  and  at  such 
long  intervals,  is  not  the  best  method  of  obtaining  the  facts  desired. 
I  have  no  doubt  that  all  the  facts  obtained  by  a  decennial  census  and 
many  more,  excepting  those  relating  to  the  population,  could  be 
obtained  far  more  correctly  every  year,  and  with  slightly  if  any  addi- 
tional expense,  by  other  methods.  Experience,  in  this  State  as  well 
as  in  other  States,  in  connection  with  vital  statistics,  has  shown  the 
great  value  of  establishing  the  habit  among  the  people  of  giving  and 
collecting  statistical  information.  The  vital  statistics  of  the  State  are 
constantly  improving,  from  year  to  year,  and  now,  tens  of  thousands 


xii.  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

of  our  people  feel  an  interest  in  the  subject,  and  are  desirous  that  the 
facts  relating  to  their  families  should  be  fully  recorded.  The  import- 
ance and  value  of  these  records  have  been  fully  shown,  particularly 
during  the  last  five  years.  The  information  they  have  furnished,  in 
connection  with  claims  against  the  general  government,  has  saved  the 
people  of  the  State,  many  times  more  than  the  expense  of  making 
the  records. 

Similar  results  would  follow  from  the  frequent  collection  and 
publication  of  other  statistical  information.-  The  people  would  soon 
understand  the  subject  better  ;  doubts  would  be  removed  ;  an  interest 
in  such  information  would  be  created ;  and  our  citizens,  being  con- 
vinced that  no  improper  use  would  be  made  of  the  facts,  would  become 
desirous  that  full  particulars  should  be  obtained. 

I  conceive  it,  then,  to  be  a  necessity,  and  a  necessity  which  will 
soon  be  acknowledged  and  acted  uporf,  that  in  this  State,  as  well  as 
in  other  States,  and  in  the  General  Government,  Bureaus  of  Statis- 
tics should  be  established,  which  should  have  the  charge  of  the 
collection,  collation,  and  publication  of  all  kinds  of  statistical  infor- 
mation. 

The  limited  extent,  and  internal  geographical  and  political  divisions 
of  our  State  are  extremely  favorable  for  the  easy  collection  of  this 
information.  A  suitable  person,  authorized  by  the  State,  would  be 
able,  through  the  authorities  of  the  several  towns,  by  correspondence, 
and  otherwise,  to  collect  a  great  amount  of  valuable  information, 
annually,  at  a  comparatively  slight  expense.  The  same  person  might 
have  the  charge  of  the  preparation  and  publication  of  the  Registration 
Reports,  and  of  the  decennial  census.  By  his  acquired  knowledge 
and  experience,  and  by  correspondence  with  other  States,  and  with 
the  officers  of  the  general  government,  he  would  soon  be  able  to 
introduce  order,  system,  and  economy  in  the  collection  of  the  statistics 
of  the  State,  and  to  produce  reports  which  would  be  of  great  value 
to  its  legislators,  to  its  citizens,  and  to  the  country.  The  subject  is 
commended  to  the  consideration  of  the  General  Assembly.* 


*  Since  the  preceding  remarks  were  written,  I  have  noticed  the  following,  from 
the  Report  on  the  United  States  Census  for  1850,  which  is  specially  pertinent  to  the 
subject,  and  confirmatory  of  what  I  have  written : 

"  The  present  Census  system  of  the  United  States  is,  in  many  respects,  defective. 
It  is  very  difficult  to  ohtain,  upon  short  notice,  and  for  a  brief  period,  able  statistical 
talent  in  Washington.  By  the  time  an  office  has  acquired  experience,  it  is  disbanded. 


PLAN    OF    REPORT.  Xlll. 


PLAN    OF    THIS    KEPORT. 


In  preparing  the  blanks  for  taking  the  census  of  1865,  I  have  not 
copied  those  of  any  other  census  ever  taken  ;  but  have  provided  for 
obtaining  all  the  information  usually  obtained  by  the  national  censuses 

O  ••  •/ 

of  the  State,  and  have  added  other  items  which  seemed  to  be  important. 
A  reference  to  the  tables  will  show  in  some  particulars,  a  more  com- 
plete analysis  of  the  population  of  the  State  than  was  ever  before 
obtained,  and  in  relation  to  some  points,  information  will  be  found 
which  is  not  given  in  any  census  of  any  State,  ever  published. 

This  being  the  case,  a  complete  comparison  on  all  points  of  this 
census  with  any  other,  is  impossible.  I  have,  therefore,  thought  it 
best  not  to  attempt  a  comparison  of  particulars  obtained,  with  those 
of  the  previous  national  censuses  of  the  State. 

As  this  is  the  first  complete  census  ever  taken  and  published  by 
the  State,  it  seemed  to  be  better  to  adopt  a  plan  more  with  reference 
to  the  future  than  the  past. 

I  propose,  then,  in  this  Report,  to  omit  any  extended  comparisons 
of  the  facts  obtained  with  those  of  past  dates,  and  to  confine  myself, 
as  briefly  as  possible,  to  general  remarks  and  explanations  of  the 
census  of  1865  ;  to  give  as  clear  a  view  as  possible  of  the  present 


The  persons  selected  as  enumerators  are  often  proved,  by  the  returns,  to  be  entirely 
incompetent,  for  which,  perhaps,  the  low  rate  of  compensation  or  the  mode  of 
appointment  may  be  assigned  as  reasons.  The  districts  embraced  by  each  enumera- 
tor are  too  large  ;  if  practicable  for  accuracy,  they  should  be  as  small  as  the  districts 
in  Great  Britain.  In  this  case,  the  permanent  State  and  county  officers  ought  to 
form  a  part  of  the  machinery.  It  would  be  well  for  Congress  to  recommend  the 
establishment  of  State  Bureaus  of  Statistics,  and  rely  upon  them  for  all  other  infor- 
mation than  the  decennial  enumerations  of  the  people.  These  State  Institutions, 
adopting  the  machinery  at  present  in  operation  for  assessment  purposes,  might 
greatly  economize  the  expense ;  and,  upon  condition  of  their  collecting  information 
according  to  certain  forms  to  be  prescribed  by  th«  Federal  Government,  be  aided  in 
some  shape  from  the  treasury,  or  at  least  their  reports,  annually  or  biennially,  might 
be  condensed  and  published  with  those  of  the  Departments  at  Washington.  The 
reports  of  foreign  consuls  could  be  embraced  in  the  same  volume.  Information  of 
this  sort  is  indispensable  to  the  National  Legislature,  and  is  every  day  called  for  in 
its  deliberations.  The  States  would  very  soon  adopt  the  suggestion,  and  a  beginning 
is  recommended  with  such  as  first  adopt  it." 

I  may  add  that  in  taking  the  census  of  Providence,  in  1865,  I  divided  the  city  into 
small  districts,  and  employed  twenty-eight  enumerators,  all  that  could  be  obtained 
upon  short  notice.  The  result  was  in  the  highest  degree  satisfactory.  The  whole 
enumeration  of  the  population  of  the  city  was  completed  in  about  two  weeks, 
and  in  a  much  better  manner  than  it  is  usually  done. 


xiv.  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

condition  of  the  State,  and  to  explain  the  nature  and  importance  of 
the  facts  obtained  by  the  census,  and  which  are  given  in  the  tabular 
portion  of  the  present  volume. 

This  report  will  be  divided  into  three  parts  as  follows : 

I.  THE  STATE  OF  RHODE  ISLAND  AS  IT  is.     Its  natural  physical 
characteristics,  area,  density  of  population,  and  villages. 

II.  POLITICAL  DIVISIONS  AND  PREVIOUS  CENSUSES  OF  THE  STATE. 

III.  COMMENTS  UPON  THE  TABLES. 

1.  Remarks  on  Tables  of  Population. 

2.  Agricultural  Statistics. 

3.  Fisheries. 

4.  Manufactures. 

In  the  first  part,  a  table  will  begin,  showing  the  population,  area, 
and  density  of  population  of  each  town  and  county  in  the  State ;  and 
also  a  list  of  the  villages  in  the  State,  with  their  population. 

In  the  second  part,  a  table  will  be  given,  showing  the  date  of  incor- 
poration or  settlement  of  each  town,  with  other  information  relating 
to  their  history ;  also  tables  showing  the  total  population,  the  number 
of  blacks  and  Indians,  and  the  percentage  of  increase  or  decrease  of 
the  total  population  of  each  town,  according  to  the  previous  censuses 
of  the  State,  from  1708  to  18(55,  inclusive.  The  past  and  present 
condition,  and  future  prospects  of  the  colored  population  in  Rhode 
Island,  are  discussed  in  this  part  of  the  report. 

In  the  third  part,  the  sex,  ages,  birthplaces,  parentage,  and  other 
classifications  of  the  population  are  considered ;  and  various  tables 
illustrating  the  subject  are  given.  Tables  and  comparisons  are  also 
given  to  illustrate  and  explain  the  value  of  the  statistics  of  agricul- 
ture, fisheries,  and  manufactures  in  Rhode  Island. 


THE    STATE    OF    RHODE    1SLAN]).  XV. 

I.     THE  STATE  OF  RHODE  ISLAND. 

NATURAL    FEATURES. 

Rhode  Island  is  the  smallest  State  in  the  Union,  being  only  about 
50  miles  in  length,  and  35  in  width.  Though  its  area  is  limited,  it 
has  a  great  diversity  of  soil  and  even  of  climate.  In  some  parts  it  is 
quite  hilly,  though  not  mountainous,  in  others  it  is  level ;  in  some 
parts  the  soil  is  heavy  and  wet,  in  others  it  is  sandy  and  dry.  The 
winters  are  tempered  by  the  abundance  of  salt  water,  and  are  milder 
than  in  the  same  latitude  farther  inland. 

The  State  is  divided  into  two  unequal  parts  by  Narragansett  Bay, 
which  extends  inland  about  30  miles  from  the  ocean.  Five  of  the 
thirty-three  towns  in  the  State  are  situated  on  islands.  Though  the 
coast  line  of  the  State  is  only  about  45  miles,  the  Narragansett  Bay, 
with  its  numerous  arms  and  islands,  gives  about  350  miles  of  shore 
washed  by  tide  water,  to  the  State. 

There  are  numerous  fresh  water  ponds  in  the  State,  and  in  the 
southern  part  there  are  many  extensive  ponds  of  salt  water. 

The  State  is  divided  into  five  counties,  and  these  contain  thirty- 
three  towns.  The  towns  are  extremely  irregular  in  shape,  and  there 
is  a  great  difference  in  their  size.  The  smallest  town  in  area,  is 
Warren,  which  has  only  4.7  square  miles.  The  largest  town,  South 
Kingstown,  is  more  than  sixteen  times  larger  than  Warren,  and 

c?  '  O  * 

has  77.9  square  miles.  The  average  for  the  whole  State  is  about  32 
square  miles  to  each  town. 

The  whole  area  of  the  State  is  1054.6  square  miles.  This  is 
obtained  from  Waiting's  map  of  the  State,  and  is  undoubtedly  very 
nearly  correct.  The  area  usually  given  in  geographies  and  gazet- 
teers is  250  to  300  miles  greater,  and  probably  includes  the  waters, of 
Narragansett  Bay. 

The  total  population  of  the  State,  in  1865,  was  184,965,  which 
gives  175.4  inhabitants  to  each  square  mile,  a  density  of  population 
considerably  greater  than  that  of  any  other  of  the  United  States. 

A  table  on  the  next  page  shows  the  population  of  each  town,  by 
4ie  census  of  1865,  the  area  in  square  miles  of  each  town,  and 
the  number  of  persons  living  to  each  square  mile  of  area  in  each 
town  and  county,  and  in  the  whole  State. 


CKNSU8    OF    KHODE    ISLAND,    I8fw. 


TABLE. — Density  of  population  in  Rhode  Island,  1865. 


TOWNS   AND  DIVISIONS  OF  THE  STATE. 

Population 
in  1865. 

Area 
in  Square 
Miles. 

Persons  to 
each  Square 
Mile. 

Barrington  

1,028 

9.3 

110.5 

Bristol    

4649i 

10.3 

451.3 

\Varren    

2,792 

4.7 

594.0 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

8469 

24.3 

3485 

Coventry  

3,995 

58.6 

682 

East  Greenwich  

2400 

17.1 

1403 

W^jst  Greenwich  ..     . 

1  228 

49  1 

250 

Warwick  

7,696 

44.2 

174.1 

KENT  COUNTY  

15319 

169.0 

906 

Jamestown    

349 

9.5 

36.7 

Little  Cornpton  

1,197 

21.4 

559 

Aliddletown          

1,019 

125 

81  5 

12688 

70 

18126 

New  Shoreham   

1,308 

10.5 

124.5 

Portsmouth     

2,153 

23.4 

920 

Tiverton      ^  

1  973 

31.8 

620 

20,687 

116.1 

178.2 

Burrillville                 

4861 

53  2 

91  3 

9,177 

33.7 

272  3 

Cumberland  

8,216 

33.6 

2445 

Kast  Providence     

2172 

12  5 

173  7 

Foster     

1,873 

48.8 

38.3 

Glocester  

2286 

53.2 

42.9 

Johnston  . 

3436 

24  1 

1425 

North  Providence  

14553 

15.0 

970.2 

Pawtucket  

5,000 

6.9 

724.6 

Scituate  .       .... 

3538 

523 

67.6 

Smithfield  .  .".  

12315 

73.3 

168.0 

TOW^JS  PROVIDENCE  COUNTY  

67427 

406.6 

165  8 

PROVIDENCE  CITY  .  .  .'  

54595 

6.7 

8148.5 

1,134 

39.8 

28.6 

Exeter  

1  498 

58.0 

25.8 

Hopkinton  

2512 

436 

576 

North  Kingstown  

3,166 

42.6 

74.3 

Soutli  Kingstown  

4,513 

77.9 

57.9 

Richmond  .•  

1,830 

38.9 

47.0 

Westerly  

3815 

31.1 

1228 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

18,468 

331.9 

556 

WHOLE  STATE  .  . 

184,965 

1054.6 

175.4 

DENSITY    OF    POPULATION. 


XV11 


By  the  settlement  of  the  boundary  question  with  Massachusetts, 
in  1862,  Rhode  Island  gained  some  territory  and  population,  as  fol- 
lows : 

In  Pawtucket, Gain 6.9  square  miles 4,200  population. 

In  East  Providence,. .  Gain 12.5  "  1,700  " 


Total  gain,  -     19.4  square  miles.  5,900  population. 

In  Fall  River Loss     11.2  square  miles 3,377  population. 

This  leaves  a  net  gain  to  Rhode  Island  of  8.2  square  miles  of  territory,  and  2,523 
inhabitants. 

The  density  of  population  in  Rhode  Island,  175.4  to  each  square 
mile,  is  nearly  the  same  as  that  of  France,  (176,)  and  is  greater  than 
that  of  Prussia,  Bavaria,  Austria,  Denmark,  Scotland,  Sweden,  or 
Norway. 

The  following  shows  the  number  of  square  miles  of  territory,  the 
total  population,  and  the  number  of  persons  to  a  square  mile  in  each 
of  the  New  England  States,  by  the  national  census  of  1860  : 


States.  Square  Miles. 

Maine 30,000 

New  Hampshire 9,280 

Vermont 9,056 

Massachusetts 7,800 

Rhode  Island 1,046 

Connecticut..  4674 


Persons  to 
Population.  each  square  mile. 

628,279 20.9 

326,073 35.1 

315,098 34.8 

1,231,066 157.8 

174,620 166.9 

..460,147 98.4 


Total 61,856  3,135,283  50.6 

By  the  State  census  of  Massachusetts,  in  1865,  the  population  was 
1,267,239,  which  gives  162.4  persons  to  each  square  mile. 

The  census  of  I860  was  taken  before  the  settlement  of  the  boun- 
dary question  between  Rhode  Island  and  Massachusetts  ;  consequently 
the  area  of  Rhode  Island,  as  given  above^  is  slightly  less  than  that 
of  the  present  time. 

The  report  on  the  United  States  census  of  1860  gives  the  area  of 
Rhode  Island  as  1,306  square  miles,  which,  as  we  have  already  shown, 
is  a  mistake. 

After  Rhode  Island,  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  the  greatest 
density  of  population  in  any  State,  in  1860,  was  in  New  York,  84.3 
persons  to  .each  square  mile  ;  next,  New  Jersey,  80.7  ;  Maryland, 
73.4 ;  Pennsylvania,  63.2,  &c.,  as  mar  be  seen  on  page  121  of  "  The 
Preliminary  Report  on  the  Eighth  United  States  Census." 

The  greater  density  of  population  in  Rhode  Island  as  compared 
with  other  States,  is  owing  to  its  limited  territory,  and  to  the  large 
proportion  of  its  inhabitants  who  are  engaged  in  manufactures  which 


XV111.  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865, 

have  tended  to  concentrate  the  population  in  cities  and  villages.  A 
very  large  percentage  of  the  population  is  living  in  villages  and  in 
the  two  cities  of  Providence  and  Newport ;  and  almost  the  whole 
increase  of  population  in  the  State,  for  years  past,  has  been  in  the 
cities  and  villages,  while  the  population  of  the  farming  districts  has 
remained  stationary,  or  has  declined. 

Referring  to  the  census  of  1865,  in  connection  with  density  of  popu- 
lation, and  leaving  out  the  cities  of  Providence  and  Newport,  we 
find  the  least  density  in  West  Greenwich,  25  persons  to  the  square 
mile,  and  the  greatest  in  North  Providence,  970. 

Deducting  the  two  cities,  and  a  few  towns  in  which  a  large  portion 
of  the  territory  is  occupied  by  villages,  the  density  of  population  will 
be  greatly  reduced.  For  example  :  the  cities  of  Providence  and 
Newport,  and  the  six  towns,  Bristol,  Warren,  Cranston,  Cumberland, 
North  Providence  and  Pawtucket,  contain,  in  the  aggregate,  117.9 
square  miles  of  territory,  and  a  population  of  111,6-70.  Tins  is  only 
11  per  cent,  of  the  area  of  the  State  ;  but  is  more  than  60  per  cent, 
of  the  population. 

If  we  deduct  these  from  the  area  and  population  of  the  State,  we 
have  in  the  rest  of  the  State,  936.7  square  miles,  with  a  population 
of  73,295,  which  gives  only  78  persons  to  each  square  mile. 

VILLAGES. 

I  have  referred  to  the  concentration  of  population  in  villa- 
ges in  Rhode  Island.  In  order  to  show  this  more  fully,  direc- 
tions were  given  in  taking  the  census  to  mark  on  the  returns  the 
exact  boundaries  of  all  the  villages  in  the  State.  From  these  returns 
the  following  list  is  made.  The  instructions  were  not  fully  carried 
out  in  all  cases,  and  considerable  correspondence  and  inquiry  have 
been  necessary  to  complete  the  list,  and  it  is  still  very  imperfect  as 
will  be  evident  on  slight  examination.  I  think,  however,  that  in  the 
aggregate,  the  population  of  the  villages  as  given,  is  less  than  the 
actual  number. 

The  table  gives  the  name  of  each  village,  the  town  or  towns  and 
the  county  in  which  it  is  situated,  and  the  population  of  the  village 
living  in  each  town.  The  population  given  is  for  the  first  day  of  June, 
1865.  Some  of  the  villages  have  increased  largely  since  that  date. 

For  reference,  I  have  marked  the  villages  in  which  post  offices  are 
established,  and  have  also  added  all  the  post  offices  in  the'  State  which 
are  not  located  in  villages : 


VILLAGES    A2JD    CITIES. 


XIX. 


VILLAGES  AND  CITIES   IN   ERODE  ISLAND. 


NAME. 

i 
TOWN. 

COUNTY. 

Population. 

Adamsvillc    P.  O  Little  Compton.... 

Npwnort  

106 
169 
238 
37 
243 
422 
370 

J        110 
350 
J       204 

30 
251 
59 
60 

48 
No  Village. 

53 
34 
299 
149 
3,669 

I     51 

52 

No  Village. 

59 
|       474 

238 

67 
499 
2,098 
35 
657 

|       100 

J       271 

117 

348 
100 
198 
929 
126 
228 
No  Village. 

105 
105 

|       379 

144 
136 

Albion    P   O       Smithfield  

Providence  

Allendale                     -                  'North  Prnvi(1i>n<'(^.  . 

Allenton   P.  O  

North  Kingstown  .  . 

Washington  

Allenville   ,  

Smithfield  

Providence  
Kent.  

Anthony   

Coventry  

Apponau'j"  

Warwick   

)  Exeter  

fi1 

Washington  

Arcadia,  P.  O  
Arctic  

(  Richmond  

49 

., 

Warwick  

iKent  '.'. 

(  Coventry  

...128 

« 

Arnold's  Mills     

j  Cranston  

..    76 

Providence 

Cumberland  

« 
..r    .  .          
vv  ashington  

Ashaway,  P.  O  

Honk  in  ton  .  . 

Ashland   iScituate  

Providence  

Ashton  P.  0  SmithnVId   

'i 

Barberville  

Hopkinton  

Washington  

Barrington   P.  O   

Barrington  

Bristol  

Barrington  Center,  P.O... 
*Bellville   

« 

a 

North  Kiivstown 

Washington.          .. 

Bethel  

Hopkinton  

Branch  Bridge  

North  Providence.  . 

Providence  

Brick  Yard  .  .   

Barrington  

Bristol  

Bristol,  P.  O  

Bristol  

(  Richmond  

....21 

Washington  

Burdickville  

1  Exeter  

30 

u 

Hopkinton  .  .  . 

tt 

Burrillville,  P.  O  

Burrillville  

Providence   

Canonchet  

Hopkinton  

Washington  

(  Richmond    

286 

a 

Centerdale  P.  O   

/  Charlestown  

..188 

u 

North  Providence  .  . 
Honkinton  .  . 

Providence  . 

Centerville  

Washington  

Centerville,  P.  O  i  Warwick  ...        ... 

Kent. 

Central  Falls  i  Smithfield. 

.  .         Providence 

Cassarville  Johnston 

Chepachet,  P.  O   JGlocester  

0 

Plart'«  Mill                          !  I  Richmond    ..... 

...  62  Washington  .  

Clavville.  . 

1  Charlestown  

.  .  .38         "         

i  Scituate.  . 

.  .235  Providence  

(  roster  
Clyde  Works   Warwick  . 
Coal  Mines  Portsmouth  

.,36         "           
.    ...  Kent  
Newport  

Commons'  Village  j  Little  Compton 

Coventry  Center,  P.  0  ...  :Coventry  
Crompton  !  Warwick  

......  Kent  

Cumberland  Hill,  P.  0... 
Cowesett  

Cumberland  .... 

Providence  

Wa  r  w  )  plr 

•  j         [Kent 

Charlestown,  P.  0  Charlestown 

W^flshintrtnn  

DavisviUe,  P.  O  'North  Kingstown 

Washington.       ..   . 

Diamond  Hill,  P.  0  Cumberland  .  

Providence  

^  Wester!  v.-.  .   .... 

,    368 

Washington  

Dry  Brook  

)  Hopkinton.  ..... 

..   11 

Johnston 

Providence.  .. 

Dyerville  >  .  JNorth  Providence  * 

a 

*  Has  greatly  increased  in  population  since  the  census  was  taken. 


XX. 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


VILLAGES   AND   CITIES    IN    RHODE    ISLAND. 


NAME. 

TOWN. 

CODNTY. 

Population. 

MI  iinlalc       Scituate  

Providence  

55 
1,655 
889 

No  Village. 
No  Village. 
40 

68 
[        131 

342 

30 
No  Village. 

279 
205 
119 
497 
367 
175 
No  Village. 

£    1,875 

622 
153 

32 
181 
621 
40 
458 
56 

|       217 

342 

78 
79 
89 

49 

19 
No  Village. 

I         69 

191 
140 

150 

407 
99 
153 
347 
206 
1,048 

Ellliwood      .  .  lOranstnn  

East  Providence,  P.  O..  .  . 
Escoheag,  P.  O  

East  Providence  

« 

W^?st  Greenwich          .    .  . 

Kent.  . 

Exeter,  P.  O     

Exeter  |  Washington  

Exeter  Hollow  

Exeter  

<( 

Exeter  

Washington  

(  Cranston  115 

Providence  

Fiskeville,  P.  O  
Forestdale  

|  Scituate  16 

tt 

Smithfield            

,, 

Foster  Center.  P.  O  

Foster 

a 

Foster,  P.  O  

«                                             tt 

Glendale  

Burrillville  

Providence  

Glenford  

Scituate  

Gray  Stone  

North  Providence     .    .   . 

« 

Georgiaville,  P.  O  

Smithfield  

« 

Graniteville.             .    .. 

Burrillville     ... 

it 

Graniteville  

Johnston  

ii 

Greene,  P.  O  

Coventry  

Kent  

Greenwich,  P.  O  

(  East  Greenwich...  1.765 

Greenville,  P.  O  

(Warwick  110 
Smithfield  

Providence  

Geneva  

North  Providence  

« 

Hall's  Mill  

Washington     

Hamilton  

North  Kingstown  

Harrisville  

Burrillville  ;  . 

Harmony,  P.  O  

Glocester  

u 

Harris'  Mills  

Coventry  

Kent  

Hillsdale  

Richmond  

Washington  

Hope  Valley  

I  Hopkinton  .   158 

Hope  Village  

(Richmond  59 
Scituate  


Providence  

Hopkinton  City,  P.  O  

Hopkins'  Stills 

Hopkinton  

Washington  

Foster  .  .  . 

Huntsville  Rnrrill  ville  

Ingrahamville  

Pawtucket  

Jackson  

Scituate  

Providence  

Jamestown   P.  O  

Jamestown  .   . 

Newport  

(  Richmond  66 

Washington  

Kingston,  P.  O  

|  Charlestown  3 
South  Kingstown  

,< 

Knightsville,  P.  O  

Cranston  

Lafayette  P.  0     

North  Kingstown  . 

Washington.  ...... 

Providence  

Lebanon                     .  . 

Pawtnnkfit.  . 

tt 

Lime  Rock  Smithfield  ....       .      ... 

a 

Lippitt  1  Warwick  

Locustville  Hopkinton  

Washington  

Lonsdale,  P.  O  .  .             .  .  ,  Smithfield  .  . 

Providence  .  . 

VILLAGES    AND    CITIES. 


XXI. 


VILLAGES  AND  CITIES  IN  RHODE  ISLAND. 


NAME. 

TOWN. 

COUNTY. 

Population. 

Lonsdalc,  (New  Village.). 
Lottery  Village  

Cumberland  

Providence  .           .  . 

374 
137 
125 
No  Village. 
No  Village. 

174 
|      365 

}       258 

355 
269 
219 
87 
24 
No  Village. 

12,688 
No  Village. 
43 
93 
92 

w84 
1,^02 

70 
367 

No  Village. 

n 

104 

96 
525 

j    3,309 
147 

722 
}    9,555 

j       077 

741 

58 

}       615 

No  Village. 
98 
139 
180 

j       293 

106 

96 
No  Villaere. 

Westerly  

Washington  . 

Ly  man's  Mill  

North  Providence.  .  . 

Providence  

Leonard's  Corner,  P.  O... 
Little  Corapton,  P.  O  

East  Providence  .... 

Tiverton   

Newport  

Manchester  Print  Works.. 
Man  ton,  P.  O  

Smithfield  

Providence          .  . 

j  North  Providence 

..260 

a 

\  Smithfield  

.  .  105 
228 

a 

Mapleville,  P.  O  

\  Cumberland  

..  35 

n 

Burrillville  

ii 

Merino       

Johnston 

« 

Mohegan,  P.  O  

Burrillville  

Bristol  . 

Munroto  wn  

Bristol  

Moscow  

Hopkinton   

Washington 

Mt.  Vernon   P.  O  

Foster.  

...    .  Providence 

Newport,  P.  0  

Newport  City  

.   ...  Newport  

Nayatt  P.  O   

Barrington  

Bristol  

Narragansett  Ferry,  P.  O.. 
Narragansett  Mills  

South  Kingstown.. 

Washington  

North  Kingstown.. 

11  . 

Narragansett  Pier,  P.  O..  . 
Nasonville  

South  Kingstown  . 

M 

Burrillville  

Providence  .  .  . 

Natick,  P.  O  

Warwick  

Kent.. 

Nausocket  
Newtown  

i< 

Portsmouth  

Newport  
Kent  
Providence  ...    -,  .  , 

Nooseneck  Hill,  P.  0  

West  Greenwich.  .  . 
Scituate  

North  Scitnate,  P.  O  

New  Shoreham,  P.  0  

New  Shoreharn  .... 

Newport  

Oakland  

Rnrrillvillp.  . 

Providence.. 

Old  Pond  Factory  Scituate  

K 

Old  Warwick.    

Warwick  

Kent  

(  Johnston  

1036 

Providence  

Omega  

j  North  Providence. 
East  Providence.  .  .  . 

.2,273 

H 

ri 

Pascoag,  P.  O  

Burrillville  

Prriviilpnpp 

I  Pawtucket  

4,6721         "            

(  North  Providence 
(  Cranston  

4,983 
372 
305 

M 

« 

Peacedale,  P.  0  

j  Warwick  

Kent 

South  Kingstown  .  .  . 

Washington  

Perrvville,  P.  0  

(  Warwick  

..590'Kent  

Pine  Hill,  P.  O  

(  Coventry  

.  .  25         "  

Piainville  

Richmond  

u 

Plain  ville   

Burrillville   

Providence  .      ... 

Pontiao  

Warwick  
j  Hopkinton  

"Us 

Kent  
Washington  

Pottowomut  

Ponagansett 

|  Westerly  

..145 

it 

Warwick  
Scituate*    

Kent  

Providence 

Portsmouth,  P.  0... 

Portsmouth  .  . 

Newnort..  . 

XX11. 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


VILLAGES  AND  CITIES  IX  RHODE  ISLAND. 


NAM  I-:. 

TOWH. 

COUNTY. 

Population. 

Providence  City  '. 

Providence 

64  505 

Quidnick   P  O     

Kent  

740 

Quonocontausr.  P.  O.  . 

Charlcstown  . 

Washington.  . 

No  Village. 

Rice  City,  P.  O 
Richmond  Vilh 
River  Point 

Coventry  

Kent  

No  Village. 
5'2 
540 
•J.14 
170 
496 

72 
88 
175 
131 
180 
140 
90 

\     " 

687 
257 
40 
65 
No  Village. 
3,49i 
1,389 
137 
No  Village. 
243 
No  Village. 

a 

2,413 

35 
45 
130 
No  Village. 
125 

74 

J        162 

i     1,370 
42 

596 
492 
379 
2,344 
791 
No  Village. 

Scituate  

Providence. 

Warwick  

Kent  

Rockland,  P.  0 
Rockville,  P.  O 
Rocky  Brook, 

Saundersville 

Scituate  

Providence 

Hookinton  

Washington.  .    

P.  O  

South  Kingstown    

Scituate  ... 

Providence  

Burrillville  

i 

Sayles'  Bleach( 
Simmons'  Low 
Simmonsville  . 

TV 

Smithfield  

t 

E?r  Village. 

Johnston  

i 

< 

Silver  Spring 

North  Kingstown  

Washington  . 

Shannock,  P.  C 

Slatersville,  P. 
Smithville   .  .  . 

(  Richmond  55 

i 


O 

)  Charlestown  '2'2 

Providence. 

Smithfield  

Scituate  

Slocumville,  P. 

O   

North  Kingstown  

Washington  . 

Kent 

South  Scituate 
South'  Providei 
Spragueville. 

P  O. 

Scituate  

Providence 

Cranston       

fi 

Smithfield  

Summit    P.  O. 

Coventry  

Kent  

Stone  Bridge 

Tiverton  

Newport..         ..     . 

South  Foster,  I 
Smithfield,  P. 
South  Portsmo 
Smith's  Hill     . 

*.  O. 

Foster  .-  

Providence  . 

3 

Smithfield  

uth,  P.  0.. 

Portsmouth  'Newport 

North  Providence  PrnviHpnpp      

Tower  Hill  .  .  . 

Cumberland  

Providence.        .  .  . 

Tower  Hill,  P. 
Tiverton  Four  ( 
Tiverton.  P.  O 
Tooleville     .  . 

O  

South  Kingstown  

Washington 

:or.'s,P.  O. 

Tiverton  

Newport  . 

tt 

North  Providence  

Providence      .  . 

Union  Village. 

Smithfield   

Providence     .  .  . 

Usquepaug,  P. 

Valley  Falls,  1 
Vue  de  L'Eau  . 

Wakefield,  P. 
AVanskuck  .... 

(  Richmond  86 

Washington  

>.  O  

J  South  Kingstown...  76 
j  Cumberland  812 

a 

Providence 

|  Smithfield  558 

East  Providence  

'n 

0  

South  Kingstown  

Washington 

North  Providence  .  .  . 

Providence 

Washington.    . 

Coventry  

Kent 

Warren  P.  O. 

Warren 

Rrisfnl 

"Watcheinoket 

TCasfr  Prnvidpnf-p                        Prnvirlpm-p 

W.  Greenwich  Center.P.O.  West  Greenwich  .          ,.;Kent  . 

VILLAGES    AND    CITIES. 


XX111. 


VILLAGES  AND  CITIES  IN  RHODE  ISLAND. 


NAME. 

TOWN. 

COUNTY. 

Population. 

North  Providence  Providence  

1,168 
2,465 
280 
72 
707 
67 

|        149 
295 
j       351 

No  Village. 

t.  . 

[       7,512 

J 

75 

Westerly  P   O 

Westerly  i  Washington  

White  Rock 

Westerly  Washington  

Coventry   Kent  

Wickibrd   P   O 

North  Kingstown  Washington  

Willettville 

a                                            it 

(  Hopkinton  129 

u 

Vvooclville,  P.  O.    .  . 
Woodville        .    •  •  • 

1  Richmond..                      20 

« 

North  Providence  

Providence    
Washington  

Wyoming,  P.  O...... 

1  Richmond     208 

W   Glocester  P  O 

Glocester     

Providence            ,  . 

Warwick    P   O 

Warwick  

Kent  

Warwick  Neck,  P.  O 
\  Woon  socket  .... 

4,325 
438 
189 
181 
112 
76 

Cumberland  iPrnvidonnp  . 

<> 

h 

.< 

u 

« 

PH"      Smith's  Village. 
4-"     Jencksville  

0 

JM 

0 

tl 

,i 

l< 

,1 

5,321 

1,211 

746 
234 

5,321 
Smithfield  

>-0      Globe 

<f 

« 

•^      Hamlet 

« 

it 

Yawker  

2,191 
Exeter  

Washington  

2,191 

It  is  evident  that,  in  some  cases,  the  places  named  do  not  deserve 
the  title  of  villages ;  but  they  are  given  as  marked  in  the  returns  of 
the  census. 

It  is  probable  that  very  few  persons  will  examine  the  preceding 
list  of  villages  without  finding,  or  thinking  that  they  find,  errors  in  it. 
I  can  only  say  that  every  exertion  has  been  made  to  make  it  correct, 
and  that  it  has  caused  a  great  amount  of  trouble  to  complete  it. 

Two  things  should  be  remembered  in  connection  with  it : 

First.  That  the  boundaries  of  villages  are  in  most  cases  almost 
entirely  arbitrary,  and  in  very  many  instances  there'  would  naturally 
be  a  difference  of  opinion  as  to  the  exact  limits  which  should  be  in- 
cluded in  a  village. 

Second.  It  should  be  remembered  that  the  population  given  is  for 
the  first  day  of  June,  1865,  and  that  in  some  cases  there  have  been 
great  changes  in  the  population  since  that  date. 


XXIV.  H       1    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1855. 

The  foregoing  list  includes  two  cities  with  a  imputation  of  67. 
165  villages  with  a  population  of  80,042  ;  30  po4t  offices  not  located 
in  villages.     The  whole  number  of  post  offices  in  the  State,  is  03. 

The  aggregate  population  of  the  two  cities,  and   I'M   vill; 
"UT.^i!"*.  which  is  79.65  per  cent,  of  the   whole   population  of  the 
State.     The  cities  contain  36.37  per  cent.,  and  the  villages  43.28  per 
cent,  of  the  whole  imputation,  leaving  only  37,640,  or  20.35  per  cent. 
of  the  population  of  the  State  living  outside  of  the  cities  and  vil! 
We  have  no  data  for  comparing  these  Hgures  with  those  of  any  other 
State;  but  presume  that  if  such  comparison  could  be  made,  it  would 
show  that  the  proportion  of  the  population,  living  in  villages  and  cities. 
is  considerably  greater  in  Rhode  Island  than  in  any  other  State. 

Neither  can  we  make  any  comparison  of  the  population  living  in  vil- 
lages irt  1865.  with  any  previous  date,  as  no  previous  censu*  ot%  the 
State  has  ever  given  this  information.  An  examination  of  a  table  of 
the  population  of  each  town  at  different  periods,  to  be  given  hereafter, 
will  show  that  nearly  all  the  increase  in  the  population  of  the  State, 
for  many  years,  has  been  in  the  cities  and  in  those  towns  winch  are 
largely  interested  in  manufactures,  while  the  strictly  tanning  portions 
of  the  State  have  remained  stationary  with  respect  to  population,  or 
have  declined. 


II.    POLITICAL  DIVISIONS  AND  PREVIOUS  CENSUS  I  > 
OF  RHODE  ISLAND. 

It  is  fortunate,  for  statistical  purposes,  that  the  changes  in  the  ter- 
ritorial limits  of  cities  and  towns  in  Rhode  Island  have  been  very  few 
as  compared  with  some  of  our  neighboring  States.  In  the  earlier 
history  of  the  State,  towns  were  divided,  and  new  towns  were  incor- 
porated as  the  convenience  of  the  imputation  required  ;  but  from  the 
vear  1781,  when  Scituate  was  divided  and  the  town  of  Foster  was 
incorporated,  to  the  year  185f>,  a  period  of  75  years,  only  one  new 
town,  (Burrillville  in  1806,)  was  created,  and  no  changes  of  any  im- 
portance were  made  in  the  limits  of  towns.  In  1856,  Tiverton  wa< 
divided  and  the  town  of  Fall  River  was  created,  and  in  18t»'J,  Paw- 
tucket  and  East  Providence  were  admitted  from  Massachusetts,  and 
Fall  River  was  ceded  to  that  State.  These  comprise  all  the  impor- 
tant changes  made  in  the  boundaries  of  towns,  in  Rhode  Island, 
during  the  last  eighty-five  years. 


COUNTY    DIVISIONS.  XXV. 

The  history  of  the  County  divisions  of  the  State  is  as  follows  : 

During  the  first  sixty-seven  years  after  the  settlement  at  Providence, 
in  1636,  nine  towns  were  formed  ;  but  no  county  organizations  were 
created.  These  towns  were  Providence,  Portsmouth,  Newport, 
Warwick,  Westerly,  New  Short-ham.  North  Kingstown,  East  Green- 
wich, and  Jamestown. 

On  the  twenty-second  day  of  June,  1703.  the  Colony  was  divided 
into  two  counties,  called  Newport  county,  and  the  county  of  Provi- 
dence Plantations. 

Newport  county  included  the  towns  on  the  islands,  namely.  Ports- 
mouth, Newport,  Jamestown,  and  New  Shoreham,  with  Newport  as 
the  shiretow  n. 

The  county  of  Providence  Plantations  included  all  the  towns  on 
the  main  land  of  the  Colony,  and  it  was  provided  that  the  courts 
should  be  held  at  Providence  and  Warwick  the  first  year,  and  at 
Kingston  and  Westerly  the  next  year. 

Again,  June  16,  1729,  the  Colony  was  divided  into  three  counties. 
Newport  county  remained  as  before.  The  portion  of  the  State  which 
had  been  called  King's  Province  was  organized  into  a  county  and  called 
King's  countv.  It  included  the  towns  of  Westerly,  North  Kings- 
town, and  South  Kinostown,or  all  the  main  land  of  the  State  south 
of  East  Greenwich. 

The  remainder  of  the  State,  including  East  Greenwich,  Wrarwick, 
and  Providence,  was  called  Providence  county,  with  Providence  as 
the  shiretow  n. 

Again,  January  27,  1746-47,  five  towns  were  admitted  to  the 
Colonv  from  Massachusetts.  Of  these,  Little  Compton  and  Tiverton 
were  added  to  Newport  county  ;  Cumberland  was  added  to  Provi- 
dence countv  ;  and  a  new  county,  called  Bristol,  was  created  Feb- 
ruarv  17,  1746—47,  which  included  the  towns  of  Warren  and  Bristol, 
with  the  latter  as  the  shiretown. 

Again,  June  11,  1750,  East  Greenwich,  West  Greenwich,  War- 
wick, and  Coventry  were  taken  from  Providence  county  and  incor- 
porated as  Kent  county,  with  East  Greenwich  as  the  capital. 

In  the  year  1765,  an  Act  was  passed,  dividing  the  State  into  five 
counties.  This  Act  was  merely  a  reenactment  and  confirmation  of 
the  Acts  already  referred  to,  and  made  no  changes  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  counties. 

Since  June,  1750,  a  period  of  116  years,  no  changes  have  been 
made  in  the  territorial  limits  of  the  five  counties  in  the  State,  except 


\XVl.  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    186o. 

that  Fall  River  in  Newport  county  l.as  been  ceded  to  Massachusetts, 
and  Paw  tucket  and  East  Providence  have  been  added  to  Providence 
county. 

The  name  of  King's  county  was  changed  to  Washington  county, 
October  29,  1781,  after  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis.  The  preamble 
of  the  Act  by  which  the  change  was  made,  is  as  follows : 

"Whereas,  since  the  declaration  of  the  independence  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  it  becomes  the  wisdom  of  the  rising  republic  to 
obliterate,  as  far  as  may  be,  every  trace  and  idea  of  that  government 
which  threatened  our  destruction ." 

And  yet,  at  the  present  time,  more  than  half  the  towns  in  the 
State  are  named  after  persons  or  places  connected  with  English  his- 
tory. It  is  somewhat  remarkable  that  notwithstanding  the  great 
abundance  of  Indian  names  connected  with  the  history  of  Rhode 
Island,  and  with  localities  in  the  State,  not  a  single  town  in  the  State 
has  a  name  of  Indian  origin,  except  Pawtucket  which  has  recently 
been  received  from  Massachusetts. 

We  cannot  help  thinking  that,  to  this  generation  at  least,  Conani- 
cut,  Potowomut,  Shawomet,  Seaconnet,  Pocasset,  and  Misquamicut 
would  sound  more  pleasantly  than  Jamestown,  East  Greenwich, 
Warwick,  Little  Compton,  Portsmouth,  and  Westerly  ;  and  similar 
changes  mi«-ht  have  been  made,  with  advantage,  in  other  towns. 

•T>  O  ~      '     S" 

But  these  remarks  are  beyond  the  province  of  statistics. 

INCORPORATION    OF    TOWNS. 

In  connection  with  the  previous  censuses  of  Rhode  Island,  it  seemed 
important  to  know  the  date  of  incorporation  of  the  several  towns,  hi 
order  to  understand  the  effects  of  the  changes  of  territorial  limits  upon 
the  population  of  each  town  at  the  different  periods  when  the  censuses 
were  taken.  I  have,  therefore,  with  considerable  trouble,  prepared 
the  following  table  which  shows  the  date  of  the  incorporation  of  each 
town  and  county,  with  explanatory  remarks  in  regard  to  the  names, 
changes  of  boundaries,  and  other  particulars  of  each  town.  The  table 
will  be  found  convenient  for  reference  as  it  condenses  and  arranges 

o   • 

information  from  many  sources,  some  of  which  it  has  been  difficult  to 
obtain.  The  dates  given  previous  to  1790,  are  mostly  obtained  from 
Arnold's  History  of  Rhode  Island.  After  considerable  examination, 
I  have  been  unable  to  find  any  mistake  in  the  dates  as  given  in  that 
History : 


TOWNS,    WITH    DATE    OF    INCORPORATION,    ETC. 


XXV11. 


TOWNS  IN  RHODE  ISLAND,  with  date  of  Incorporation, 


COUNTIES 
AND  TOWNS. 


DATE  OF 
INCORPORATION. 


From  what  taken,  original  names, 
changes  of  boundaries,  &c. 


BRISTOL  COUNTY.  February  17,  1746-47.  .\  Incorporated  with  same  county  limits 

as  at  present.  Originally  the  county 
consisted  of  two  towns,  Bristol  and 
Warren. 
Warren 


Harrington. 

Bristol . . 


IJune  11,  1770. 


January  27,  1746-47. 


Afterwards,  June,  1770, 
vas  divided,  and  th« 
town  of  Barrington  was  incorpor- 
ated. 


AVarreii January  27,  1746-47. 


Taken  from  Warren,  which  see. 

Five  towns  received  from  Massachu- 
!     setts  this  date. 

'See  Bristol.  The  territory  of  the 
town  of  ^Warren  when  admitted  to 
the  State,  included  the  town  of 
Barring-ton,  and  a  portion  of  the 
towns  of  Swanzey  and  Rchoboth, 
in  Massachusetts.  In  1770,  War- 
ren was  divided,  and  one  of  the 
original  names,  (Barrington',)  was 
given  to  the  new  town. 


KENT  COUNTY....    June  11,  1750. 


Coventry lAugust  18,  1741. 

East  Greenwich October  31,  1677 . 


West  Greenwich April  1,  1741. 

Warwick Original  town. 


Taken  from  Providence  county.  In- 
corporated with  same  county  limits 
as  at  present ;  and  same  towns. 

Taken  from  Warwick. 

Incorporated  as  the  town  of  East 
Greenwich.  Name  changed  to 
JJedford,  June  23,  1686.  The 
original  name  restored  in  1689. 
Town  divided  in  1741. 

Taken  from  East  Greenwich,  which 
see. 

First  settled  January,  1642-43. 
Named  from  Earl  of  Warwick, 
who  signed  the  Patent  of  Provi- 
dence Plantation^,  March  14,  1643. 
The  first  action  of  the  inhabitants 
as  a  town  was  August  8,  1647. 
Indian  name  Shawomet. 


NEWPORT  COUNTY  June  22,  1703. 


Fall  River October  6,  1856. 


Originally  included  Newport,  Ports- 
mouth, Jamestown,  and  New 
Shoreham. 

Taken  from  Tiverton.  Ceded  to 
Massachusetts  in  the  settlement  of 
the  Boundary  question,  March  1st, 
1862.  See  Pawtucket  and  East 
Providence. 


XXV111. 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE   ISLAND,    1865. 


TOWNS  IN  RHODE  ISLAND,  with  date  of  Incorporation,  $c. —  Continued. 

: J f 


COUNTIES 
AND   TOWNS. 


DATE  OF 
INCORPORATION. 


From  what  taken,  original  names, 
changes  of  boundaries,  &c. 


Jamestown , 


Little  Compton.. 


November  4,  1678.  . , 


January  27,  1746-47. 


Middletown June  13,  1743. 

Newport Original  town. 


New  Shoreham.; November  6,  1672 


Portsmouth Original  town. 


Tiverton January  27,  1746-47. 


Named  in  honor  of  King  James.  In- 
dian name  Quononoqu,tt.  (Conaii- 
icut.) 

One  of  five  towns  received  from  Mas- 
sachuselts.  Indian  name,  Sea- 
connet. 

Town  in  the  "  middle  "  of  the  island. 
Taken  from  Newport. 

Settled,  1639.  Line  between  New- 
port and  Portsmouth  established 
September  14, 1640.  Incorporated 
as  a  City  June  1,  1784.  City 
charter  given  up  March  27,  1787. 
City  incorporated  the  second  time 
at  the  May  session,  1853,  and 
the  charter  accepted  May  20, 
1853. 

j  Admitted  to  Colony  as  Block  Island, 
May  4,  1664.  When  incorporated 

i  in  1672,  name  changed  to  New 
Shoreham  "  as  signes  of  our  unity 

i  and  likeness  to  many  parts  of  our 
native  country."  Indian  name, 

i     Manasses  or  Manisses. 

Settled,  1638.  Indian  name  Pocas- 
set.  "At  a  quarter  meeting  of  the 
first  of  ye  5th  month,  1639,  it  is 
agreed  upon,  to  call  this  town 
Portsmouth."  At  the  "  Generall 
Courte  "  at  "  Nieuport,"  twelfth 
of  first  month,  1640,  the  name  of 
Portsmouth  was  confirmed. 

One  of  five  towns  received  this  date. 
See  Bristol,  Warren,  &c.  Indian 
name,  Pocasset. 


PROVIDENCE'  CO. . .  'June  22,  1703 


Burrillville , 


November  17,  1806, 


Originally  incorporated  as  the  County 
of  Providence  Plantations,  and  in- 
cluded the  present  territory  of 
Providence,  Kent,  and  Washing- 
ton counties,  excepting  the  present 
towns  of  Cumberland,  Pawtucket 
and  East  Providence.  See  Kent 

!     and  Washington  counties. 

Taken  from  Glocester.  The  date 
given  is  the  time  when  the  town 
was  first  authorized  to  meet  to 
elect  town  officers.  Named  from 
Hon.  James  Burrill. 


TOWNS,    WITH    DATE    OF    INCORPORATION,    ETC. 


TOWNS  IN  RHODE  ISLAND,  with  date  of  Incorporation.  £c. —  Continued. 


COUNTIES 
AND  TOWNS. 


DATE  OF 
INCORPORATION. 


From  what  taken,  original  names, 
changes  of  boundaries,  &c, 


Cranston 'June  10,  1754. 


Cumberland 


East  Providence. 


January  27,  1746-47.. 


March  1,  1862 


Foster  .  . . 
Glocester. 


August  20,  1781 

February  20,  1730-31. 


Johnston 


North  Providence. 


Pawtucket. 


Providence. 


February  26,  1759... 

June  10,  1765 

March  1,  1862 , 


Original  town. 


Taken  from  Providence.  Probably 
named  from  Samuel  Cranston,  who 
was  Governor  of  Rhode  Island 
from  March,  1698,  to  April  26, 
1727,  when  he  died. 

One  of  five  towns  received  this  date. 
See  Tiverton,  Bristol,  &c.  Until 
incorporated  in  Rhode  Island,  was 
known  as  Attleboro'  Gore.  Named 
from  Cumberland  in  England. 

The  westerly  part  of  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts,  was  incorporated 
as  Seekonk,  February  26,  1812. 
The  westerly  part  of  Seekonk  was 
annexed  to  Rhode  Island,  incor- 
porated as  a  town,  and  named  East 
Providence,  in  the  settlement  of 
the  Boundary  question  in  1862. 
See  Pawtucket  and  Fall  River. 

Taken  from  Scituate.  Named  proba- 
bly from  Hon.  Theodore  Foster. 

Taken  from  Providence.  At  this 
date  an  Act  was  passed  "  for 
erecting  and  incorporating  the 
cmt-lands  of  the  town  of  Provi- 
dence, into  three  towns."  These 
towns  were  Scituate,  Gloeester,  and 
Smithfield. 

jTaken  from  Providence.  Named  in 
honor  of  Augustus  Johnston,  Esq., 
the  Attorney  General  of  the  Colony 
at  that  time. 

Taken  from  Providence.  A  small 
portion  re-united  to  Providence 
June  29,  1767. 

Name  of  Indian  origin.  Part  of 
Seekonk,  Mass.,  was  incorporated 
as  the  town  of  Pawtucket,  March 
1.  1828.  The  whole  town  of  Paw- 
tucket, except  a  small  portion  lying 
easterly  of  Seven  Mile  river,  was 

'  annexed  to  Rhode  Island  with  East 
Providence,  which  see. 

Settled,  1636.  Named  Providence 
by  Roger  Williams,  "  in  gratitude 
to  his  supreme  deliverer."  Orig- 
inally comprised  the  whole  county. 
City  incorporated,  1832. 


XXX. 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


TOWNS  IN  RHODE  ISLAND,  with  date  of  Incorporation,  $c. —  Concluded. 


COUNTIES 
AND   TOWNS. 


DATE  OF 
INCORPORATION. 


From  what  taken,  original  nan 
changes  of  boundaries,  &c. 


Scituate February  20,  1730-31 . .  jTaken  from  Providence.     See   Glo- 

cester. 
! 

Smithfield February  20, 1730-31 ..  Taken  from  Providence.     See   Glo- 

cester. 


WASHINGTON  CO.. 


Charlestown August  22,  1738. . 

Exeter March  8,  1742-43. 

Hopkinton jMarch  14,  1757. 

North  Kingstown ^October  28,  1674 . 


June  16,  1729. 


South  Kingstown February  26,  1722-23 . 

Kichmond August  18,  1747 

Westerly May  14,   1669 


Originally  called  the  Narragansett 
country.  .'  Named  King's  Province 
March  20,  1654.  Boundaries  es- 
tablished May  21,  1669.  Incorpor- 
ated June  1729,  as  King's  county, 
with  three  towns  and  same  terri- 
tory as  at  present.  Name  changed 
to  Washington  county,  October 
29,  1781. 

Taken  from  Westerly. 

Taken  from  North  Kingstown. 

Taken  from  Westerly. 

First  settlement,  1641 .  Incorporated, 
1674,  under  the  name  of  King's 
Towne,  as  the  seventh  town  in  the 
Colony.  Incorporation  re-affirmed 
1679.  Name  changed  to  Roches- 
ter, June  23,  1686.  Name  restored 
1689;  see  East  Greenwich.  Kings- 
town divided  into  North  and  South 
Kingstown  in  February,  1722. 
Act  provided  that  North  Kings- 
town should  be  the  eldest  town. 

See  North  Kingstown.  Pettiquams- 
cut,  settled  January  20,  1657-58. 

Taken  from  Charlestown. 

Original  name  Misquamicut.  In- 
corporated May  1669,  undor  the 
name  of  Westerly,  as  the  fifth 
town  in  the  Colony.  Name  of 
Westerly  changed  to  Haversham 
June  23,  1686,  but  soon  restored. 
See  East  Greenwich. 


In  several  cases  the  exact  date  of  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  Incor- 
poration of  towns  could  not  be  ascertained.  In  such  cases,  the  date 
of  the  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly,  at  which  the  Act  was  pas- 
sed, is  given. 


PREVIOUS    CENSUSES    OF    RHODE    ISLAND.  XXXI. 


PREVIOUS  CENSUSES  OF  RHODE  ISLAND. 

The  notes  given  in  connection  with  each  town  in  the  preceding 
list,  render  any  further  explanations  unnecessary.  We,  therefore, 
proceed  to  give  the  following  table  which  shows  the  population  of 
each  town  in  Rhode  Island,  at  sixteen  different  dates,  from  1708  to 
1865  inclusive.  For  convenient  reference,  in  regard  to  the  changes 
indicated  in  the  population  of  each  town,  I  have  prefixed  the  date  of 
incorporation  or  settlement. 

The  table  gives  the  total  population  at  each  date,  which  until  the 
census  of  1800,  included  whites,  blacks,  and  Indians. 

In  the  United  States  censuses,  from  1800  to  1860  inclusive,  "  In- 
dians not  taxed,"  were  not  enumerated,  and  are  not  included  in  the 
population.  All  classes  are  included  in  the  census  of  1865. 

A  table  will  be  given  hereafter,  showing  the  number  of  blacks  and 
Indians,  at  different  dates,  and  explanations  will  also  be  given  in  re- 
lation to  the  censuses  at  the  several  dates  given  in  the  following  table  : 


xxxu. 


(  I  N>IS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


TABLE,  Shotting  the  total  population  of  each  tou-n  in   Rhode  Island 
at  different  dates  from  1708  to  1865.  inclusive. 


TOVXS  AXD  DIVISIONS 

g  - 

i 

=  ~  1708.  1730. 

1748. 

17W. 

1774 

1776. 

1782. 

1790. 

OF  THE  STATK. 

~  6 

-      ^ 

i  J 

Barrington  

1770  

601 

538 

534 

•  •v. 

Bristol  »  

1747  

1,069 

1,080 

1,209 

1.067J 

1,032 

1406 

Warren  

1747 

RM 

'.-".•> 

979 

1  005 

905 

BRISTOL  COCXTT  

1747 

v...      1.749 

2,005 

2.7S9 

2,610 

2.471 

S.2H 

Coventry  

1741 

792 

1,178 

2028 

2300 

2,107 

"  477 

East  Greenwich  

1677 

'HO     1.223     1.044 

1,1C>7     1  663 

1  664 

1,609 

1  -"4 

West  Greenwich.  . 

1741  .  . 

766 

1.246     1.764 

IMM 

Warwick 1643     480     1,178     1,782    1,911     2,438    2,376    2.112    2 


KKXT  Cot  xi  Y 1750      720    2,401 

Fall  River...  ..1856.. 


Jamestown 1678 

Little  Compton 1747 

Middletown 

Newport  16:'.'.'   -- 

New  Shoreham  1672      2«  >» 

Portsmouth.  .  ..  l-'.:> 


4,384    5,502    7,888    7,993    7,52> 


206       321       420  517  563  322  345|  507 

1,152  1,170  1,232  1302  1.341  1.:.42 

680  778  881  860  -.71  -4" 

6,508  6,753  9,209  5,299  5,530  r,.7K. 

290       300  378  576  4>  l>  682 

813       992  1,363  1,512  1,347  1.350  1,560 

Tiverton 1747 1,040  1,325  1,956  2,091  1 

NEWPORT  COCXTT 1703  3,245    6,064  11,092  12,284  15,928  11,699  11,677  14,300 

Burrillville 1806 

Cranston 17-V4 1.460     1,861     1.701     l/»'.'     1.^77 

Cumberland 1747 806     1,083    1,756    1,686     1,648    1,964 

East  Providence 1862 

Foster 1781 

Gloccster 1731 

Johnston 1 7-39 

North  Providence 176-"> 

Pawtucket ...  1862  ...    .... 

Scituate..      1731 

Smithfield..  ..  1731 


1,202    1,511 


2,945    2,832 

1,031     1,022 

830       813 


2.268 

2.7'.' 1  4.02.-1 
9%  l.:VJit 
698  1.071 


Towxs,  PROV.  COONTT. 


1,813    3,601     3^89     1.628    2.315 
450    .1,921    2,888    2,781    2,217    :U71 


3,690    7,788  14,912  14.124  13^30  18,011 


PROVIDENCE  CITY 16361.446     3,916  3,452  3,159  4,321  4.355  4.310  6,380 

Charlestown *1738 1,002  1,130  1,821  1.835  1,523  2,022 

Exeter 1743 1,174  1.4M4  1.864  1.9SJ  2,058  2,495 

Hopkinton  1757 1,808  l,84o  1 

North  Kingstown 16741,200    2,105  1,935  2,109  2,472  2,761  2.328  2,907 

South  Kingstown 1723.    ...     1,523  1,978  1,913  2-835  2,779  2,675  4.131 

Richmond 1747 508  829  1,257  l.2i»4  1.094  1.760 

Westerly 1669     570     1,926  1,809  2,291  1,812  1,824  1.72o  2^98 


WASHINGTON  COUXTT. 
WHOLE  STATE.. 


1729  1,770    5,564    8,406    9,676  13,869  14,230  i:',.i::::  I^.o7o 
1636  7,181  17,935! 32,773  40,414  59,707  .V..»ll   .vj.347  68,825 


POPULATION    AT    DIFFERENT    DATES. 


XXX1H. 


TABLE,  CONTINUED,    Showing  the  total  population  of  each  town  in 
Rhode  Island,  at  different  dates,  from  1708  to  1865,  inclusive. 


TOWNS   AND    DIVISIONS 

• 

1800. 

1810. 

1820. 

1830. 

1840. 

1850. 

1860. 

1865. 

OF  THE  STATE. 

> 

650 
1,678 

604 
2,693 

634 
3,197 

612 
3,034 

549 
3,490 

795      1,000 
4,616!      5,271 

1,028 
4,649 

Bristol   

Warren..                          i  1,473    1,775     1,806 

1,800      2,437      3,103;      2,636 

2.792 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

3,801    5,072 

2,423   2,928 
1,775'  1,530 
1,7.17    1,619 
2,532   3,757 

5,637 

3,139 
1,519 
1,927 
3,643 

5,440 

3,851 
1,591 
1,817 
5,529 

6,476 

3,433 
1,509 
1,415 
6,726 

8,514 

3,620 
2,358 
1.350 
7,740 

8,907 

4,247 

2,882 
1,258 
8,916 

8,469 

3,995 
2,400 
1,228 
7,696 

8,4*7 

9,834 

10,228 

12,788 

13,083 

15,068 

17,303 
3377 

15,319 

1 
Fall  River  

501 
1,577 
913 
6,739 
714 
1,684 
2,717 

504 
1,553 
976 
7,907 
722 
1,795 
2,837 

448 
1,580 
949 
7,319 
955 
1,645 
2,875 

4is 

1,378 
915 
8,010 
1,185 
1,727 
2,905 

365 
1,327 
'    891 
8,333 
1,069 
1,706 
3,183 

358         400 
1,462:      1,304 
830      1,012 
9,563    10,508 
1,262;      1,320 
1,833,      2,048 
4,699;      1,927 

349 
1,197 
1,019 
12,688 
1,308 
2,153 
1,973 

Portsmouth     

14,845 

16,294 

1,834 
2,161 
2,210 

15,771 

2,164 
2.274 
2,653 

16,535 

2,196 
2,652 
3,675 

16,874 

1,982 
2,901 
5,225 

20,007 

3,538 
4,311 
6,661 

21,896 

4,140 
7,500 
8..339 

20,687 

4,861 
9,177 
8,216 
2,172 
1,873 
2,286 
3,436 
14,553 
5,000 
3,538 
12,315 

Burnllville  .  .          .      •  •  • 

1,644 
2,056 

•2  A  •>-    2,613    2,900 
4,009    2,310    2,504 
1,364    1.51P.     1.542 
1,067    1,758     2,420 

2,672 
2,521 
2,115 
3,503 

2,181 
2,304 
2,477 
4,207 

1,932 
2,872 
2,937 
7,680 

1,935 
2,427 
3,440 
11,818 

Gloceater             

Johnston          .  .         .... 

Pciwtuckot  

Scituate.   .      .            .... 

2,523 
3,120 

2,568 
3,828 

2,834 
4,678 

3,993 
6,857 

4,090 
9,534 

4,582      4,251 
11,500     13,283 

Smithfield 

Towss  PROV.  Co  
PROVIDENCE  CITY  

V 

Charlestown              .... 

18,240 
7,614 

1,454 
2,476 
2,276 
2,794 
3,438 
1,368 
2,329 

20,798 
10,071 

1,174 

2,256 
1,774 
2,957 
3,560 
1,330 
1,911 

23,969 
11,767 

1,160 
2,581 
1,821 
3,007 
3,723 
1,423 
1,972 

30,184 
16,836 

1,284 
2,383 
1,777 
3,036 
3,663 
1,363 
1,915 

34,901 
23,172 

923 
1,776 
1,726 
2,909 
3,717 
1,361 
1,912 

46,013 
41,513 

*     994 
1,634 
2,477 
2,971 
3,807 
1,784 
2,763 

57,133 
50,666 

981 
1,741 
2,738 
3,104 
4,717 
1,964 
3,470 

67,427 
54,595 

1,134 
1,498 
2,512 
3,166 
4,513 
1,830 
3,815 

Exeter  

Hopkinton     

North  Kingstown     .... 

South  Kingstown      .... 

Richmond  

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  Co  

16,135  14,962 
69,12277,031 

15,687 
83,059 

15,421     14,324     16,430 
97,210  108,830;  147,545 

18,715     18,468 
174.620J  184,965 

WHOLE  STATE  

5 

CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 
NOTES    ON    THE    TABLK. 

I  think  the  preceding  table  is  complete  and  correct  for  every  census 
of  the  State  that  was  ever  taken.  A  census  of  the  City  of  Provi- 
dence has  been  taken  every  tenth  year  from  the  year  1825  to  the 
present  time,  the  particulars  of  which  will  be  given  hereafter. 

Deferring  to  the  preceding  table,  the  following  notes  in  relation  to 
the  different  censuses,  may  be  of  interest : 

The  first  four  censuses,  in  1708,  1730,  1748,  and  1755,  were  ordered  by  the  General 
Assembly,  in  answer  to  Queries  sent  by  the  Board  of  Trade  in  England. 

1708.  The  report  of  this  census  was  sent  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  a  communica- 
tion from  Governor  Samuel  Cranston,  dated  December  5,  1708.  The  returns  showed 
the  number  of  "black  servants,"  and  "white  servants  ;"  but  did  not  give  the  num- 
ber of  Indians.  There  were  nine  towns  in  the  colony  at  this  date.  The  returns 
are  taken  from  the  Colonial  Records  of  Rhode  Island,  volume  IV.,  page  59. 

1730.  At  the  June  Session  of  the  General  Assembly,  in  this  year,  each  town  was 
ordered  to  take  a  census,  "  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  town,  whites  and  others,  in 
such  way  and  manner  as  they  shall  think  best,  and  pay  the  charges  of  doing  thereof; 
and  a  return  thereof  to  be  made  to  the  Governor,  by  the  town  clerk,  as  soon  as  may 
be."  The  returns  show  the  number  of  whites,  blacks,  and  Indians,  in  each  of  the 
ten  towns  then  composing  the  colony.  Since  the  census  of  1708,  the  town  of  Kings- 
town had  been  divided  into  North  and  South  Kingstown.  The  returns  of  this 
census,  in  the  table,  arc  taken  from  "Callender's  Historical  Discourse." 

1748.  Again,  in  answer  to  ''Queries  of  the  Board  of  Trade,"  a  census  of  the 
colony  was  ordered  by  the  General  Assembly.  This  census  shows  the  number  of 
whites,  negroes,  and  Indians  in  each  town.  The  figures  in  the  table  are  taken  from 
"A  Summary,  Historical,  Political,  &c.,  by  William  Douglass,  M.  D."  London  :  1760. 
There  is  a  mistake  of  nearly  one  thousand,  in  the  book  referred  to,  in  the  number  of 
negroes  in  Newport.  The  number  should  be  1,105,  as  I  have  given  it,  instead  of  110. 
At  this  date  there  were  24  towns  in  the  colony.  Five  towns^  had  been  received  from 
Massachusetts,  and  other  towns  had  been  incorporated  since  1730,  as  will  be  seen  by 
reference  to  the  table. 

1755.  This  was  the  last  census  ordered  by  the  General  Assembly  in  answer  to 
Queries  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  The  report  of  it  was  sent  by  Governor  Stephen 
Hopkins,  in  a  communication  dated  December  24,  1755.  The  only  returns  of  this 
census  that  I  have  been  able  to  find,  are  in  "The  Early  History  of  NarragansotT," 
by  Elisha  R.  Potter,  Jr.  ;  R.  I.  Historical  Collections,  page  174.  This  only  gives  the 
total  population  of  each  town,  and  does  not  show  the  number  of  whites,  blacks,  and 
Indians.  At  this  date  there  were  25  towns  in  the  colony,  Cranston  having  been 
incorporated  in  1754. 

1774.  This  was  the  first  census  taken  by  the  sole  authority  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly, and  it  was  also  the  first  census  in  which  any  reference  was  had  to  the  ages  of 
the  population.  The  returns  show,  for  each  town,  the  number  of  families,  the  num- 
ber of  white,  males  andfemales  "above  and  under"  16  jrears  of  age  ;  the  number  of 
blacks,  the  number  of  Indians,  and  the  total  population.  The  whole  census,  giving 
the  particulars  of  all  the  families,  and  the  names  of  all  the  heads  of  families  in  each 
town  in  the  colony,  in  1774,  was  printed  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly,  in  1858. 
At  this  date,  1774,  there  were  29  towns  the  in  colony,  Barrington,  Johnston,  North 
Providence  and  Hopkinton  having  been  incorporated  since  1755. 


NOTES  ON  THE  TABLE.  XXXV. 

1776.  This  census  was  taken  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly,  June  Session, 
1776,  on  "recommendation  of  the  Most  Honorable  the  Continental  Congress."  It  was 
ordered  that  "the  account  bo  taken  in  the  same  manner  as  the  inhabitants  of  this 
colony  were  last  numbered."  I  have  been  able  to  find  no  particulars  except  the 
total  number  of  inhabitants  of  each  town.  See  R.  I.  Colonial  Records,  volume  VII., 
page  616.  The  number  of  the  towns  in  the  colony  (  29,)  was  the  same  as  in  1774. 
Arnold's  History  of  Rhode  Island,  volume  2,  page  333,  says  that  seamen  and  other 
temporary  absentees  were  not  counted  in  this  census. 

1782.  At  the  January  Session  this  year,  a  census  of  the  State  was  ordered  by  the 
General  Assembly,  and  persons  "were  appointed  to  take  it,  in  each  town.  It  was 
ordered  that  the  number  of  families  of  whites,  Indians,  and  blacks  be  taken,  the 
number  of  males  and  females  of  each  class,  and  the  number  under  16  years  of  age 
from  16  to  21.  from  21  to  oO,  and  50  and  over.  The  complete  returns  are  given  in  volume 
IX.,  page  653,  of  the  Colonial  Records,  recently  published.  The  town  of  New  Shore- 
ham  was  omitted  from  necessity,  as  it  was  in  the  possession  of  the  British  at  that 
time.  In  the  table,  I  have  inserted  the  population  of  that  town,  the  same  as  in  1776. 

The  three  censuses  of  1774,  1776,  and  1782,  enable  us  to  show  the  effects  of  the 
Revolutionary,War  on  the  population  of  each  town  in  the  State.  It  will  be  noticed 
that  nearly  all  the  towns  declined  in  population  during  the  war. 

The  number  of  towns,  in  1782,  was  30,  Foster  having  been  incorporated  in  1781. 
According  to  this  census,  there  were  48,566  whites,  525  Indians,  464  mulattoes,  and 
2,342  blacks  in  the  State,-  not  including  New  Shoreham.  This  was  the  last  census 
taken  by  authority  of  the  State,  until  the  year  1865. 

1790.  This  was  the  first  census  taken  under  the  authority  of  the  National  Govern- 
ment. William  Peck  was  the  marshal  for  Rhode  Island.  It  was  not  as  full  or  minute  in 
the  particulars  as  the  State .  census  of  1782.  The  particulars  of  this  census,  for  all 
the  States,  are  given  in  "Duane's  Collection  of  Select  Pamphlets,"  printed  in 
Philadelphia  in  1813  and  1814. 

1800  to  1860.  A  statement  of  the  changes  made  in  the  schedules  of  the  several 
United  States  censuses,  may  be  found  in  the  introduction  to  the  quarto  volume  of 
the  Re.port  on  the  Census  of  1850. 

It  has  been  quite  difficult  to  find  the  particulars  for  each  town,  of  several  of  the 
earlier  censuses.  The  population  of  each  town,  as  given  in  the  table,  for  1790  and 
1800,  is  taken  from  Duane's  Select  Pamphlets;  the  population  for  1810,  is  from  the 
Rhode  Island  American,  of  February  12,  1811. 

In  several  instances  the  population  of  the  State,  as  well  as  of  some  towns,  as  given 
in  the  table,  differs  slightly  from  some  published  statements.  I  have,  in  all  cases 
so  far  as  possible,  given  the  official  figures,  and  think  the  table  will  generally  be 
found  to  be  correct. 

INCREASE   OF    POPULATION. 

The  preceding  table  shows  the  actual  increase  or  decrease  of  popu- 
lation in  the  several  towns  in  Rhode  Island,  at  different  periods.  But 
the  relative  increase  or  decrease  of  population,  at  different  periods,  will 
be  shown  more  plainly  by  the  percentages  than  by  the  actual  numbers. 

The  following  table  shows  the  rate  of  increase  or  decrease,  percent., 
in  the  total  population  of  each  town  and  county,  between  the  several 
dates  as  given.  The  minus  sign  ( — )  indicates  a  decrease  : 


XXXVI. 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE   ISLAND,    1865. 


TABLE,  Showing  the  rate  per  cent,  of  increase  or  decrease  in  the  total 
population  of  each  town  and  county  in  Rhode  Island,  in  several 
periods,  from  1748  to  1865. 


TOWNS                                  1H8 
AND   DIVISIONS  OF  THE      !        TO 
STATE. 

1774 

TO 

1782. 

1782 

TO 

1790. 

1790 

TO 

1800. 

1800 

TO 

1810. 

1810 

TO 

1820. 

Barrington  

—  11.1 

27.9 

—  1.8 

—7.1 

5.0 

Bristol     13  1 

—14.6 

36.2 

19.3 

60.5 

18.7 

Warren  44.0 

—  7.5 

24.0 

31.2 

20.5 

1.7 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  .           59  4 

—11.4 

299 

184 

334 

11  1 

Coventry  155.4 

4.1 

17.5 

—2.2 

20.8 

7.2 

East  Greenwich..         ..       ..           59.3 

—3.2 

13.4 

—  2.6 

—  13.8 

—  0  7 

West  Greenwich  130.3 

—3.7 

21.0 

—1.4 

—7.8 

19.0 

Warwick..."  36.8 

—13.4 

18.0 

1.6 

48.4 

—30 

A 

KENT  COUNTY  79.9 

—4.6 

17.5 

—  4.1 

15.8 

4.0 

Jamestown    ....         34  0 

—38.7 

47.0 

—1.2 

0.6 

—  11  1 

Little  Compton  6.9 

8.9 

15.0 

2.3 

—1.5 

1.7 

Middletown    29.5 

—23.5 

24.6 

8.7 

6.9 

.   —  28 

Newport.     .    ..         i         41.5 

—39.9 

21.4 

0.3 

17.3 

—74 

—  16.9 

42.7 

4.7 

1.1 

32.3 

Portsmouth  52.4 

—10.7 

15.6 

8.0 

6.6 

—8.3 

Tiverton       88.1 

0.1 

25.2 

10.7 

4.4 

1.3 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  43.6 

—26.7 

22.4 

3.8 

9.8 

—3.2 

- 

18.0 

Cranston  

—14.6 

18.1 

—12.4 

'    31.4 

5.2 

Cumberland  :...         117.9 

—11.8 

26.9 

4.7 

7.5 

20.4 

Foster.       

28.6 

83 

6.3 

11.0 

Glocester  145.0 

—5.2 

44.2 

—0.4 

—42.4 

8.4 

—3.4 

325 

3.3 

11.1 

1  7 

North  Providence  

—15.9 

53.4 

—0.4 

64.8 

37.6 

Scituate        .                192.3 

—54.8 

41.6 

9.0 

1.8 

10.4 

Smithfield  541.8 

—23.2 

43.0 

—1.6 

22.7 

22.2 

TOWNS  PROV.  COUNTY  304.1 
PROVIDENCE  CITY  25.2 

—11.3 
—0.3 

36.1 
48.0 

1.3 
19.3 

14.0 
32.3 

15.2 
16.8 

Charlestown  81.7 

—16.3 

32.7 

—28.1 

—19.3 

—1.2 

Exeter  j         58.8 

10.4 

21.2 

—0.8 

—8.9 

14.4 

Hopkinton      ...... 

—  4.0 

41.9 

—7.5 

—22.1 

2.6 

North  Kingstown  27.7 

—5.8 

24.9 

—3.9 

6.8 

1.7 

South  Kingstown  43.3 

—  5.6 

54.4 

—16.8 

3.5 

4.6 

Richmond  147.4 

—13.0 

60.9 

—22.3 

—28 

7.0 

Westerly  0.2 

—5.1 

33.6 

1.3 

—17.9 

3.2 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  65.0 

—5.3 

37.6 

—10.7 

—7.3 

4.8 

WHOLE  STATE....  82.2 

—12.3 

31.5 

0.4 

11.4 

7.8 

RATE  PER  CENT.  OF  INCREASE. 


TABLE,  CONTINUED,  Showing  ike  rate  per  cent,  of  increase  or  decrease 
in  the  total  population  of  each  town  and  county  in  Rhode  Island, 
in  several  periods,  from  1748  to  1865. 


TOWNS                               182Q 
AND  DIVISIONS  OF  THE      \        TO 
STATE.                                 183°- 

1830 

TO 

1840. 

1810 

TO 

1850. 

1850 

TO 

1860. 

I860 

TO 

1865. 

1790     • 

TO 

1865. 

Barrin<*ton  .       .             .                   —  3  5 

—  10  3 

44  8 

258 

2.8 

50.5 

Bristol   —  5.1 

150 

323 

14.2 

—  11.8 

230.7 

Warren  —  0.8 

35.4 

27.3 

—15.0 

5.9 

148.8 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  —  3.4 

18.9 

31.5 

4.6 

—4.9 

163.7 

Coventry  22.7 

—10.8 

5.4 

17.3 

—5.9 

61.3 

East  Greenwich  '            4.7 

—  5  1 

56.3 

22.2 

—16.7 

31.6 

West  Green  wich  —  5.7 

—22.1 

—  16 

—  6.8 

—2.4 

—40.2 

Warwick  51.8 

21.6 

151 

15.2 

—13.7 

208.7 

KENT  COUNTY  25.0 

2  o 

15.2 

14.8 

—11.5 

73.1 

Jamestown     —  7.4 

—  12.0 

—1.9 

11.7 

—12.7 

—31.2 

Little  Compton  —  12.8 

—3.7 

10.2 

—10.8 

—8.2 

—22.4 

Middletown  —  3.6 

—2.6 

—  6.8 

22.0 

0.7 

21.3 

Newport  I           9.4 

4.0 

14.8 

9.9 

20.7 

88.9 

'  New  Shoreham  24.1 

—  9.8 

180 

14.6 

—0.9 

91.8 

Portsmouth  5.0 

—  1.2 

7.4 

11.7 

5.1 

38.0 

Tiverton  1.0 

9.6 

47.6 

—  59.0 

2.4 

—19.6 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  •           4.8 

2.0 

186 

9  4 

—5.5 

44.7 

Burrillville  1.5 

—97 

78.5 

17.0 

17.4 

165.1 

Cranston  16.6 

9.4 

48.6 

74.0 

22.4 

388.9 

Cumberland  38.5 

42.2 

27.5 

•     25.2 

—  1.5 

318.3 

Foster  .  .         —  7.9 

—  18.4 

—  11  4 

0.2 

—  3.2 

—  17.4 

Gloces  ter     0.7 

—8.6 

24.7 

—15.5 

—5.8 

,—43.2 

Johnston  37.2 

17.1 

18.6 

17.1 

—0.1 

160.3 

North  Providence  44.8 

20.1 

825 

53.9 

23.1 

1258.8 

Scituate   40.9 

2.4 

120 

—7.2 

—  16.8 

52.8 

Smithfield  46.6 

39.0 

20.6 

15.5 

—7.3 

288.4 

TOWNS  PROV.  COUNTY  25.9 
PROVIDENCK  CITY  43.1 

15.6 
37.6 

31.8 
79.1 

24.2 
22.0 

18.0 

7.8 

274.4 
755.7 

Charlestown  10.7 

—28.1 

7  7 

—1.3 

15.6 

—43.9 

Exeter  —  7.7 

—25.5 

—8.0 

6.5 

—14.0 

—40.0 

Hopkinton  —  24 

'  —  2.9 

435 

10.5 

—8.3 

2.0 

North  Kingstown  1.0 

—  4.2 

2.1 

4.5 

2.0 

8.9 

South  Kingstown  —  1.6 

1.5 

2.4 

23.9 

—4.3 

9.2 

Richmond  —  4.2 

—0.1 

31.1 

10.1 

—6.8 

4.0 

Westerly  —  2.9 

—  0.1 

44.5 

25.6 

9.9 

66.0 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  —  1.7 

—  7.1 

14.7 

13.9 

—1.3 

2.2 

WHOLE  STATE  17.0 

12.0 

35.6 

18.3 

5.9 

168.7 

XXXVlll.  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  every  town  in  the  State  shows  a  decrease  in 
population,  at  some  period  of  its  history.  This  decrease  is  often  the 
result  of  causes  which  are  apparent.  Thus,  nearly  every  town,  and 
the  whole  State,  show  a  decrease  in  population  between  1774  and 
1782,  the  period  of  the  war  of  the  revolution.  Newport,  in  particu- 
lar, suffered  largely  at  this  period,  and  did  not  regain  until  1850  the 
numbers  it  had  in  1774.  During  the  same  period,  1774  to  1782, 
Providence  remained  nearly  stationary,  with  a  loss  of  only  eleven. 

At  some  periods  the  decrease  shown  in  the  table,  in  different  towns, 
does  not  indicate  an  actual  decrease  in  the  population  of  a  given  ter- 
ritory, but  is  caused  by  the  division  of  towns  and  the  incorporation  of 
new  towns.  Thus,  from  1730  to  1748,  Providence  shows  a  decrease 
of  464  ;  but  during  this  time,  four  towns  with  a  population  of  3,690, 
were  taken  from  Providence.  A  similar  example,  of  recent  date, 
is  seen  in  the  town  of  Tiverton.  That  town  had  a  population  of 
4,699  in  1850,  and  only  1,927  in  1860  ;  but  during  this  period,  Fall 
River,  with  a  population  of  3,377,  was  taken  from  Tiverton.  Those 
interested  in  the  history  of  each  town,  will  find  much  in  the  table 
which  will  reward  an  examination  of  it. 

Referring  more  particularly  to  the  last  table,  we  find  that,  during  the 
first  period,  1748  to  1774,  every  town  in  the  State  increased  in  popula- 
tion, and  in  most  towns  the  percentage  of  increase  was  quite  large. 

During  the  war  of  the  revolution,  1774  to  1782,  every  town  in 
the  State  decreased  in  population,  except  Coventry,  Little  Compton, 
Tiverton,  and  Exeter.  During  this  period  the  whole  State  lost  12.3 
per  cent,  of  its  population.  The  greatest  proportional  loss  was  in 
Scituate,  Newport,  Jamestown,  Middletown,  and  Smithfield.  The 
large  percentage  of  decrease  in  Scituate  at  this  period,  was,  however, 
owing  to  the  division  of  the  town,  and  the  incorporation  of  Foster. 

During  the  eight  years  following  the  close  of  the  war,  from  1782 
to  1790,  every  town  in  the  State  increased  largely  in  population,  the 
rate  for  the  whole  State  being  31.5  per  cent. 

In  the  next  period  of  ten  years,  1790  to  1800,  the  increase  of 
population  in  the  State  was  checked,  and  for  the  whole  State,  the 
increase  was  only  four-tenths  of  one  per  cent.  In  15  towns  there 
was  a  decrease.  It  is  probable  that  this  was  owing  to  a  considerable 
emigration  from  the  State  at  that  period. 

From  1800  to  1810,  there  was  a  decrease  of  population  in  11 
towns  ;  but  in  the  whole  State,  the  increase  was  11.4  percent.  North 


INCREASE  OF  POPULATION.  XXXIX. 

Providence  and  Bristol  showed  the  greatest  proportional  increase. 
Glocester  lost  42.4  per  cent.,  all  of  which  was  owing  to  the  division 
of  the  town,  and  the  incorporation  of  Burrillville.  During  the  period, 
1810  to  1820,  the  State  gained  7.8  per  cent,  in  population;  but  7 
towns  showed  a  loss.  From  1820  to  1830,  the  gain  in  the  whole  State 
was  17  per  cent. ;  but  13  towns  showed  a  loss,  the  greatest  propor- 
tional loss  being  12.8  per  cent,  in  Little  Compton. 

About  this  period  a  change  commenced  in  the  rate  of  progress  of 
different  portions  of  the  State,  which  has  continued  to  the  present 
time,  and  is  shown  by  the  rapid  increase  of  the  manufacturing  towns 
and  villages,  and  the  stationary  condition,  or  decline  of  the  farming 
sections. 

From  1830  to  1840,  the  whole  State  gained  only  32  per  cent.,  and 
there  was  an  actual  decrease  of  population  in  18  towns.  The  financial 
crisis  of  1837,  bv  causing  the  suspension  of  many  manufactories,  and 
the  emigration  of  many  persons  to  the  West,  affected  seriously  the 
results  of  the  census  of  1840. 

The  period  from  1840  to  1850,  was  a  time  of  general  prosperity  in 
the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  State,  and  there  was  an  increase 
of  35.6  per  cent,  in  the  population.  Many  towns  gained  largely, 
thus,  Providence,  79.1  per  cent. ;  Westerly,  44.5  per  cent.  ;  North 
Providence,  82.5  per  cent.  ;  Cranston,  48.6  ;  Burrillville,  78.5  ;  East 
Greenwich,  56.3,  &c.  Every  town  in  the  State  gained  in  population, 
from  1840  to  1850,  except  West  Greenwich,  Jamestown,  Middletown, 
Foster,  and  Exeter. 

Prom  1850  to  1860,  the  increase  in  the  population  of  the  State  was 
18.3  per  cent.,  much  less  than  during  the  ten  years  previous.  Seven 
towns  declined  in  population  during  this  period,  namely,  Warren, 
West  Greenwich,  Little  Compton,  Tiverton,  Glocester,  Scituate,  arid 
Charlestown.  The  greatest  proportional  gain,  from  1850  to  1860, 
was  in  North  Providence  and  Cranston. 

During  the  five  years,  1860  to  1865,  including  the  period  of  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion,  the  increase  of  population  in  the  State  was 
only  5.9  per  cent.  Eighteen  towns  itx  the  State  declined  in  popula- 
tion during  this  period.  The  largest  percentage  of  increase  was  in 
the  city  of  Newport,  and  in  the  towns  of  Cranston  and  North  Provi- 
dence. The  loss  in  Newport  county,  during  this  period,  was  wholly 
owing  to  the  cession  of  Fall  River  to  Massachusetts.  Including  Fall 
River,  the  county  gained  considerably. 


xl.  CKNSU8    OF    RHOUK    ISLAND,    ISG.i. 

The  addition  of  East  Providence  and  Pawtucket  to  Providence 
county,  in  1862,  increased  largely  the  percentage  of  gain  in  that 
county,  between  1860  and  1865  ;  and  also  the  percentage  of  gain  from 
1790  to  1865. 

The  last  column  in  the  table  shows  the  percentage  of  increase  or 
decrease  in  each  town,  during  the  whole  period  of  75  years,  from 
1790  to  1865. 

It  will  be  seen  that  8  towns  in  Rhode  Island  have  less  population 
in  1865,  than  they  had  in  1790.  Four  of  them  show  a  decrease  of 
more  than  40  per  cent.  The  eight  towns  are  West  Greenwich,  loss 
40.2  per  cent.  ;  Jamestown,  loss  81.2  per  cent.  ;  Little  Compton, 
loss  22.4  per  cent. ;  Tiverton,  loss  19.0  per  cent.  ;  Foster,  loss  17.4 
per  cent.  ;  Glocester,  loss  43.2  per  cent. ;  Charlestown,  loss  43.9  per 
cent.  ;  Exeter,  loss  40  per  cent. 

In  relation  to  two  of  these  towns,  Glocester  and  Tiverton,  the  loss 
in  population  is  easily  accounted  for.  Glocester  lost  1,834  of  her 
population  by  the  incorporation  of  Burrillville,  in  1806.  But  Gloces- 
ter not  only  lost  this  number  of  persons ;  she  also  lost  the  territory, 
which  the  manufacturing  enterprise  of  later  periods,  lias  developed  to 
such  an  extent,  that  in  1865,  Burriliville  contained  4,861  inhabitants, 
and  Glocester  only  2,286. 

Tiverton  also  shows  a  loss  of  19.6  per  cent,  of  her  population  in 
75  years,  1790  to  1865.  This  loss  is  wholly  caused  by  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  town  of  Fall  River,  in  1856.  If  we  include  the  same 
territory  that  Tiverton  had  in  1748,  that  town  would  show  a  gain  in 
every  period  included  in  the  table,  and  Tiverton  is  the  only  town  in 
the  State  that  would  show  an  actual  gain  of  population,  at  every 
period. 

But  there  are  six  towns,  West  Greenwich,  Jamestown,  Little 
Compton,  Foster,  Charlestown,  and  Exeter,  which  show  an  actual 
decrease  in  population,  in  75  years,  without  any  loss  of  territory. 
How  shall  we  explain  this  ? 

If  we  examine  the  characteristics  of  these  towns,  we  find  that  they 
have,  almost  exclusively,  a  farming  population,  without  any  large 
villages.  The  population  is  almost  entirely  native  American.  No 
manufacturing  interests  have  brought  in  large  numbers  of  foreigners. 
The  whole  foreign  born  population  of  all  the  six  towns  is  only  144. 
The  average  number  of  persons  to  a  family  and  to  each  dwelling,  is 
considerably  less  in  these  towns  than  the  average  in  the  whole  State. 


INCREASE    OF    POPULATION.  xi 

There  is  nothing  in  these  towns  especially  calculated  to  induce  immi- 
gration to  them  ;  and  not  sufficient  inducements  in  them  to  keep  their 
young  people  at  home. 

The  result  is,  as  in  all  portions  of  New  England  where  the  pros- 
perity and  progress  depend  exclusively  upon  the  farming  interests, 
the  young  people  emigrate,  many  dwellings  are  left  for  many  years 
without  children  in  them,  a  larger  proportion  than  natural  of  the 
population  is  composed  of  persons  not  -in  the  child-bearing  period  of 
life,  very  few  children  are  born,  and  the  population  remains  stationary, 
or  declines. 

Without  giving  many  reasons  which  might  be  stated,  or  extending 
the  discussion  farther,  the  conclusion  seems  to  be  justified  :  That  in 
the  climate  of  New  England;  with  the  present,  to  a  great  extent, 
impoverished  condition  of  its  soil ;  and  in  the  present  state  of  knowledge 
of  the  art  of  farming  ;  a  community  or  town,  which  depends  exclu- 
sively for  its  progress  upon  agriculture,  cannot  be  expected,  as  a 
general  rule,  to  sustain  itself  as  to  numbers,  or  at  least,  cannot 
increase  to  any  great  extent. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  increase  of  population  in  the  whole  State, 
from  1790  to  1865,  was  168.7  per  cent.  The  extremes  of  loss  and 
gain  in  different  portions  of  the  State,  are  a  loss  of  43.9  per  cent,  in 
Charlestown,  and  a  gain  of  1,258.8  per  cent,  in  North  Providence. 

Only  7  towns,  Bristol,  Warwick,  Cranston,  Cumberland,  North 
Providence,  Smithh'eld,  and  Providence,  show  a  greater  percentage 
of  gain  than  the  State  as  a  whole. 

~ 

Nineteen  towns  either  show  a  loss,  or  a  gain  of  less  than  half  that 
of  the  wrhole  State  ;  and  in  none  of  these  nineteen  towns  does  the 
gain  equal  one  per  cent,  annually. 

Providence  city  gained  755.7  per  cent.,  from  1790  to  1865,  or  a 
fraction  over  ten  per  cent,  annually.  North  Providence  gained 
1258.8  per  cent.,  and  Cranston,  388.9  per  cent.  Both  of  these  towns 
are  indebted  for  their  gain,  not  only  to  the  manufacturing  interests 
within  their  limits ;  but  also  to  their  proximity  to  the  City  of  Provi- 
dence. 

In  Washington  county,  the  greatest  gain  is  in  Westerly,  66  per 
cent.,  in  75  years  ;  but  in  the  whole  county  the  gain  is  only  2.2  per 
cent,  in  that  time.  There  are,  comparatively,  few  manufactories  in 
that  county ;  and  we  are  informed  that  that  county  has  lost  more 
from  emigration  to  other  States,  than  other  portions  of  Rhode  Island. 
6 


xlii  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    186o. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  continue  the  subject  farther.  Those  inter- 
ested in  it  will  find,  on  examination  of  the  table,  many  other  points 
which  will  be  instructive. 

It  will  be  evident  to  all,  that  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the 
State,  so  far  at  least  as  relates  to  population,  has  for  many  years 
depended  chiefly  upon  its  manufacturing  interests. 

CENSUSES    OF    PROVIDENCE. 

In  1825,  and  every  tenth  year  since  that  date,  a  census  of  Provi- 
dence has  been  taken,  the  particulars  of  which  are  not  given  in  the 
table  on  pages  xxxii  and  xxxiii.  The  total  population  of  Providence, 
by  these  city  censuses,  Avas  as  follows : 

1825 15,941    1845 31,747 

1835 19,277    1855 47,785  • 

The  full  particulars  of  these  censuses  were  published  in  185G,  in 
the  appendix  to  a  report  upon  the  "Census  of  the  City  of  Provi- 
dence, taken  in  July,  1855 ;  with  a  brief  account  of  the  Manufac- 
tures, Trade,  Commerce,  and  other  Statistics  of  the  city  ;  by  Edwin 
M.  Snow,  M.  D." 

COLORED  POPULATION  OF  RHODE  ISLAND. 

The  subject  of  the  condition  and  prospects  of  the -negro  race  in 
this  country,  has  acquired  a  new  interest  by  the  events  of  the  last 
few  years.  At  the  present  time,  a  concerted  and  formidable  effort  is 
making  to  bring  large  numbers  of  the  colored  population  of  the 
Southern  States  to  New  England,  and  to  other  Northern  States. 

It,  therefore,  becomes  interesting  and  important  to  know  the  past 
history  of  the  colored  race  in  New  England,  that  we  may  judge  of  its 
prospects  in  the  future. 

I  do  not  propose  to  discuss  the  question  of  the  policy  of  promoting 
the  immigration  of  the  blacks  to  New  England  ;  except  so  far  as  to 
give  the  facts  in  relation  to  their  number  in  Rhode  Island,  as  shown 
by  past  censuses  of  the  State. 

The  blacks  have  existed  in  Rhode  Island,  in  considerable  numbers, 
about  170  years.  In  1708  the  census  gave  no  particulars  in  relation 
to  them  ;  but  stated  that  there  were  "  426  black  servants  "  in  the 
colony.  This  was  nearly  six  per  cent.  (5.93)  of  the  whole  popula- 
tion at  that  date.  In  "1748,  they  comprised  12.8  per  cent,  of  the 
whole  population. 


COLORED    POPULATION.  xliii 

The  social  position  and  standing  of  the  blacks,  and  their  facilities 
for  progress  and  elevation  have  probably  been  better,  at  all  times,  in 
this  State,  than  in  any  other  portion  of  the  country  where  they  have 
comprised  so  large  a  proportion  of  the  population. 

Though  slavery  existed  in  the  State  for  a  long  period,  it  was  in  a 
mild  form,  and  the  principles  of  the  people  in  opposition  to  it,  were 
shown  by  legislative  enactments  ameliorating  the  condition  of  the 
slaves,  from  the  earliest  periods  in  the  history  of  the  State. 

During  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  the  negroes  were  permitted  to 
enlist  in  a  Rhode  Island  regiment,  and  to  assist  in  maintaining  the 
liberties  of  their  country.  A  considerable  number  of  them  enlisted, 
and  received  their  freedom  for  so  doing. 

At  the  close  of  the  Avar,  February  23,  1784,  an  Act  was  passed 
providing  that  all  children  born  after  the  first  of  March  following,  of 
slave  mothers,  should  be  free.  This  Act,^with  others  encouraging 
the  manumission  of  slaves,  speedily  removed  all  hindrances  to  their 
progress,  which  slavery  might  have  been  supposed  to  make. 

By  the  present,  the  first  constitution  of  Rhode  Island,  which  went 
into  operation  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  May,  1843,  the  negroes  were 
allowed  to  vote  upon  the  same  conditions  as  the  native  American 
white  population,  and  since  that  date  they  have  enjoyed  all  the  facili- 
ties for  progress  which  the  right  of  voting  could  give  them. 

Let  us  see,  then,  what  has  been  the  progress  of  the  colored  popula- 
tion in  Rhode  Island,  with  respect  to  numbers. 

The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  the  colored  population 
(blacks  and  mulattoes,)  in  each  town  in  Rhode  Island,  at  different 
periods,  from  1730  to  1865,  inclusive. 

I  have  also  added  the  number  of  Indians,  in  each  town,  at  several 
dates. 


xliv 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


TABLE,  Showing  the  number  of  colored  persons  and  Indians,  in  each 
town  in  Rhode  Island,  at  different  periods. 


TOWNS 
AND  DIVISIONS  OF  THE 
STATE. 

BLACKS. 

1730. 

1748. 

1774. 

1782. 

• 

1790. 

1800. 

1810 

1820. 

1830. 

41 
114 

44 

46 
76 

35 

44        26 
108     113 

38       52 

22       25 
177      213 
59       66 

26 
171 
67 

Bristol  

128 
50 

^Varren  

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

178 

16 
61 

8 
176 

199 

20 

69 
19 
189 

157 

12 
70 
21 
136 

190 

40 

85 
38 
259 

191 

51 

90 
15 
271 

258 

33 
67 
•J7 
231 

304 

23 
68 
3 

255 

264 

13 
55 

12 

221 

East  Greenwich  

40 

West  Greenwich  

Warwick  

77 

KENT  COUNTY    

117 

261 

"297 

239 

422     427 

358 

339 

301 

Fall  River  

Jamestown  

80 

iio!   isi     66 

62       47       34 
76       04       33 
1,105  1,246     600 
20       55       55 
134     122       78 
99       95!     137 

84 
40 
41 
640 
h    104 
64 
202 

80 
32 
37 
615 
93 
37 
193 

80 
17 
29 
630 
32 
43 
117 

51 
11 
15 
556 
108 
18 
121 

21 
9 
8 
449 
128 
14 
,85 

Little  Compton  

Newport  

649 
20 
100 

New  Shoreham  

Portsmouth  

Tiverton  

849 

1,606  1.760  1.002 

1,180  1.087 

948 

33 
-110 

8 

880 

36 
85 
6 

714 

46 
78 
5 

60 
17 

67 
11 

83 
8 

47 

7 

4 

7 
22 
65 
17 

19 
23 
74 
55 

26 
78 
62 
17 

12 
13 
69 
43 

3 
7 
69 
69 

2 
6 
47 
69 

Glocester  

8 

19 
65 
31 

Johnston  

Scituate  

16       55       22 
30       51        47 

35       36 
88       47 

46 
71 

34 
83 

35 
61 

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROV.  COUNTY  

58 
225 

58 
63 

298 
303 

52 
67 
48 
211 
440 
24 
69 

258 
285 

39 
94 
28 
210 
453 
32 
64 

385 
475 

418 
124 
79 
295 
648 
69 
78 

320 
656 

135 
94 
76 
204 
419 
35 
50 

405 
871 

63 
83 
47 
196 
390 
42 
56 

392 
979 

58 
66 
32 
132 
341 
13 
66 

349 
1,213 

100 
94 
26 
122 
336 
8 
53 

128 

Exeter         

North  Kingstown  

165 
333 

184 
380 
5 
59 

South  Kingstown  .....*  

56 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

504      749     911      920 
1,648  3,077  3,76812,861 

1,711 
i  4,363 

1,013 
3,694 

877      708 
3,717  3,602 

738 
3,579 

WHOLE  STATE  

COLORED    POPULATION. 


xlv 


TABLE,  CONTINUED,     Shoiving  the  number  of  colored  persons  and  In- 
dians, in  each  town  in  Rhode  Island,  at  different  periods. 


TOWNS 
*  AND  DIVISIONS  OF  THE 
STATE. 

BLACKS. 

INDIANS- 

I 
1840. 

1850. 

1800. 

1865. 

1730. 

1748. 

1774. 

1782. 

25 
200 
86 

22 
234 
52 

23 
145! 

42 

18 
16 

7 

Bristol  

171 
55 

.'.'... 

13 
30 

2 
3 

\Viirren  

BRISTOL  COUNTY   , 

245 

311 

17 
41 
9 
162 

308 

1 
97 

2 
159 

210 

32 
82 

2 

141 

43 

7 
27 
1 
93 

41 

11 
31 

5 

2 
10 

Coventry    

"34 

West  Greenwich  

\Varwick  

231 

73 

88 

37 

KEVT  COUNTY  

312 

229 

259 

89 
13 
6 

11 

691 
28 
9 
25 

257 

107 

128 

130 

49 

Fall  River.             

14 

8 

628 
44 

K 

c 

80 

is 

i 

10 

705 
30 
6 
32 

19 

26 
86 
18 
68 
20 
51 
99 

32 
25 
13 

46 
51 
21 
71 

"is 

Little  Compton  

Middletown               . 

148 
20 
70 

i 

Newport  

425 

17 
51 
7 
21 

109 

New  Sliorehain  

Portsmouth      

Tiverton  

60 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

581 

782 

19 
125 
10 

822 

30 
246 
24 

805 

20 
241 
21 
23 
1 
9 
25 
60 
14 
12 
46 

257 

368 

259 

Burrillville                             .  . 

Cranston   

19 
3 

9 

Cumberland  

East  Providence  

Foster  

Giocester.         .  .        

12 
38 
60 

4 

26 
67 

9 

7 

3 
5 

North  Providence  

64 

Pawtucket  

Scituate  

31 
41 

14 
41 

9 
34 

6 
20 

8 
23 

Smithfleld  

12 

TOWNS  PROV.  COUNTY..     .  .  . 

292 
1,302 

319 
1,499 

35 
46 
8 
118 

249 
27 
47 

440 
1,537 

9 
43 
7 
92 
352 
47 
36 

472 
1,711 

150 
31 
21 
71 
279 
36 
44 

81 

26 
50 

303 
8 

69 
68 

528 
17 
21 
79 
210 
20 
37 

29 
6 

280 
18 
30 
8 
32 
1 
9 

PROVIDENCE  CITY  ,  

Charlestown  

Exeter         

Hopkinton.      ...              

North  Kingstown  

65 
225 

"250 

86 
193 
3 
49 

South  Kingstown   

Richmond  

\Vesterly  

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

511 
3,243 

530 
3,670 

586 
3,952 

632 
4,087 

540 

985 

642 
1,257 

912 
1,479 

378 
576 

WHOLE  STATE  

xlvi         ;  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

NOTES. — In  the  first  United  States  census,  for  the  year  1790,  the  Indians  were 
counted  with  the  blacks,  and  the  number  of  blacks  at  that  date  should  probably  be 
about  500  less  than  in  the  table. 

In  all  the  national  censuses,  since  1790,  "Indians  not  taxed"  have  not  been 
enumerated  at  all,  and  are  not  included  in  the  population  of  the  State,  as  given  for 
the  years,  from  1800  to  1860  inclusive.  .In  the  State  census  of  1865,  they  were 
counted  with  the  colored  population,  and  this  explains  the  great  increase  in  the  col- 
ored population  of  the  town  of  Charlestown,  from  1860  to  1865. 

The  Xarragansett  tribe  of  Indians  still  maintains  a  nominal  existence  in  Ehode 
Island.  They  number,  at  the  present  time,  58  males,  75  females;  total  133.  They 
own  about  3,000  acres  of  land  in  the  town  of  Charlestown,  the  title  to  which  has 
come  down  to  them  from  their  ancestors  who  occupied  the  State  before  its  settlement 
by  the  whites.  They  are  an  independent  nation,  not  taxed,  and  not  citizens  of  the 
State  or  country.  They  are  under  the  guardianship  of  the  General  Assembly,  and 
cannot  sell  their  lands.  There  are  no  Indians  of  pure  blood  among  them  at  the 
present  time ;  but  the  blood  of  the  African  race  predominates. 

I  have  been  unable  to  obtain  the  number  of  the  colored  population,  by  the  census 
of  1840,  except  by  counties  and  for  a  few  towns,  which  are  given  in  the  table. 

I  am  satisfied  that,  in  the  census  of  1865,  and  probably  in  all  previous  censuses, 
some  colored  persons  are  counted  as  whites,  from  the  neglect  of  the  enumerators  to 
mark  them  as  "colored"  in  the  returns.  The  error,  however,  is  probably,  similar 
in  all  censuses,  and  does  not  injure  the  table  for  purposes  of  comparison. 

In  the  census  of  1782,  New  Shoreham  was  not  included,  as  it  was  in  possession  of 
the  enemy.  I  have  given  the  colored  population  of  that  town,  for  that  year,  the 
same  as  in  1774. 

Previous  to  1790,  there  is,  in  the  census  returns,  no  distinction  in  the  colored 
population,  between  the  slaves  and  the  free.  It  is  probable  that  until  the  beginning 
of  the  revolutionary  war,  the  greater  portion  of  the  blacks  were  slaves,  but  by  the 
efiects'of  the  war,  and  by  manumission,  the  number  of  slaves  had  been  reduced  to 
948,  in  1790.  The  number  of  slaves  in  the  State,  at  different  dates,  as  shown  by  the 
United  States  censuses,  was  as  follows: — 1790,  948;  1800,  330;  1810,  108;  1820, 
48;  1830,  14;  1840,  5. 

The  last  slave  in  the  State,  James  Howland,  died  in  Jamestown,  January  3,  1859, 
at  the  age  of  100  years. 

The  number  of  colored  persons  in  Rhode  Island,  (not  including 
Indians,)  and  their  proportion  of  the  total  population  at  different 
dates,  have  been  as  follows : 

Date.  No.  of  Blacks.         Percentage.     Date.  No.  of  Blacks.  Percentage. 


1708 426 5.93 

1730 1,648 9.18 

1748 3,077 12.80 

1774 3,768 6.31 

1782 2,861 6.46 

1790 *3,863 5.61 

1800 : . .  3,694 5.34 


1810 3,717 4.82 

1820 3,602 4.33 

1830 3,579 3.68 

1840 3,243 2.98 

1850 3,670 2.48 

1860 3,952 2.26 

1865 4,087 ..  2.21 


*  Deducting  500  for  Indians. 


COLORED    POPULATION.  xlvii 

There  was  a  large  decrease  in  the  number,  both  of  blacks  and 
Indians,  between  the  censuses  of  1774  and  1782,  comprising  the 
period  of  the  war  of  the  revolution. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  percentage  of  blacks,  in  the  population 
of  Rhode  Island,  has  steadily  decreased  from  the  year  1748  to  the 
present  time  ;  and  that  the  whole  number,  in  1865,  including  the 
nominal  Indians  in  Charlestown,  was  only  319  greater  than  in  1774. 
This  is  an  increase  of  only  a  little  more  than  8  per  cent,  in  91  years. 
The  white  population  increased  more  than  223  per  cent,  in  the  same 
period. 

During  this  period,  and  particularly  during  the  last  twenty  years, 
the  immigration  of  blacks  into  Rhode  Island  has  largely  exceeded  the 
emigration. 

The  results  of  registration  in  the  State,  since  1850,  show  that 
there  are  more  deaths  than  births  among  the  colored  population. 
From  the  first  day  of  June,  1853,  to  the  thirty-first  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1864,  inclusive,  the  Registration  Reports  of  Rhode  Island  show 
929  births,  and  1,025  deaths  among  the  colored  population  of  the 
State.  A  table  in  the  sixth  report,  for  the  year  1858,  shows  that, 
during  five  years  and  seven  months  ending  Decejnber  31,  1858,  the 
percentage  of  deaths  among  the  colored  population,  from  consumption 
and  other  diseases  of  the  respiratory  organs,  which  depend  to  a  great 
extent  upon  climate,  was  nearly  double  the  percentage  from  the  same 
diseases  among  the  white  population. 

These  reports  also  show  that  the  proportion  of  deaths  to  the  living, 
in  Rhode  Island,  is  more  than  twice  as  great  among  the  colored  popu- 
lation as  among  the  white  population. 

Without  pursuing  the  subject  further,  and  without  giving  many 
reasons  which  might  be  stated,  the  conclusions  are  to  my  mind,  cer- 
tain, as  follows : 

That  the  colored  population  of  New  England  is  not  self-sustaining 
as  to  numbers;  that  the  climate  and  other  influences  are  such  that 
it  would  steadily  decrease  and,  unless  renewed  by  immigration, 
would,  in  a  comparatively  brief  period,  become  extinct. 

Finally,  if  this  be  true,  it  is  not  philanthropy,  but  positive  inhu- 
manity to  the  race  and  to  individuals,  to  encourage  their  emigration 
from  the  Southern  States  to  New  England. 


xlviii  CENSUS    OF    RHODE   ISLAND,   1865. 


III.     COMMENTS  UPON  THE  TABLES. 


1. TABLES    OF    POPULATION. 

The  statistics  relating  to  the  population  of  Rhode  Island,  as  obtained 
by  the  census  of  1865,  are  given  in  the  tabular  portions  of  this 
volume,  pages  1  to  52  inclusive.  These  statistics  are  given  in  full, 
for  each  town  and  county  separately,  and  for  each  ward  in  the  cities 
of  Providence  and  Newport. 

The  information  given  in  these  tables  is  much  more  full  and  more 
minute  than  has  ever  been  given  in  any  census  of  the  State,  and  on 
some  subjects,  information  is  given  which  cannot  be  found  in  any 
census  of  any  State,  ever  published. 

An  examination  of  the  tables  will  show  to  the  citizens  of  every 
town  in  the  State,  a  multitude  of  facts  relating  to  the  population  of 
each  town,  which  will  be  found  interesting  and  important.  The 
minute  analysis  of  the  population  is  especially  valuable  in  connection 
with  the  registration  of  births,  marriages,  and  deaths,  and  will  be 
much  used  in  the  reports  upon  that  subject. 

It  will  be  impossible,  in  this  report,  to  dwell  upon  all  the  infinite 
variety  of  subjects  that  are  suggested  by  the  tables.  I  shall  attempt 
only,  to  give  such  explanations  as  may  seem  to  be  necessary  fora  full 
understanding  of  the  tables  themselves ;  and  to  notice,  briefly,  such 
interesting,  or  important,  or  curious  facts  as  may  be  suggested  in  the 
examination  of  them. 

DWELLING    HOUSES    AND    FAMILIES. 

The  first  table,  on  page  2,  shows  the  number  of  dwelling  houses, 
and  the  materials  of  which  they  are  built,  and  the  number  of  families 
in  each  town  in  the  State,  on  the  first  day  of  June,  1865. 

There  were  28,666  dwelling  houses  in  the  State,  and  39,208  fami- 
lies, giving  1.4  families,  and  6.45  persons  to  each  dwelling;  and  4.72 
persons  to  each  family.  By  the  United  States  census  of  1860,  there 
were  27,056  dwelling  houses  in  the  State,  giving  6.43  persons  to  each 
dwelling. 


DWELLING    HOUSES    AND    FAMILIES.  xlix 

The  average  number  of  persons  to  a  dwelling  house,  in  1860,  was 
considerably  greater  in  Rhode  Island  than  in  any  other  State  of  the 
United  States  ;  but  is  largely  exceeded  in  some  countries  in  Europe. 
In  Scotland  and  in  some  portions  of  Germany,  there  are  from  6.84  to 
8.86  persons  to  each  dwelling,  and  in  the  cities  of  Scotland  the 
average  is  14.11  persons  to  each  dwelling.  Some  portions  of  New 
York  city  show  a  still  greater  average. 

The  greatest  average  number  of  families  to  each  dwelling  house 
in  Rhode  Island,  was  1.68  in  Providence,  though  in  North  Providence 
the  number  was  1.60,  nearly  as  great. 

In  four  towns,  West  Greenwich,  Jamestown,  Exeter,  and  Rich- 
mond, there  were  more  dwelling  houses  than  families. 

The  greatest  average  number  of  persons  to  a  dwelling  house  was 
8.06  in  Providence,  and  7.93  in  North  Providence  ;  the  smallest 
number  was  4.38,  in  Richmond. 

The  greatest  average  number  of  persons  to  each  family  was  5.52 
in  Barrington  ;  the  smallest  number  was  4.07,  in  Little  Compton. 

To  those  not  familiar  with  the  subject  the  question  may  arise,  why 
the  average  should  be  so  large  in  Barrington  ?  The  explanation  is 
easy.  In  taking  the  census  of  the  families,  the  inmates  of  hotels, 
boarding  houses,  and  public  institutions  are  counted  as  single  families. 

In  Barrington,  the  whole  number  of  families,  and  the  total  popu- 
lation are  small,  and  a  single  very  large  boarding  house  is  sufficient  to 
increase  largely  the  average  number  of  persons  to  a  family.  A  single 
family  of  100  persons,  deducted  from  the  whole  number  in  that  town, 
would  reduce  the  average  to  5  persons  to  each  family. 

There  were  926  empty  dwelling  houses  in  the  State,  by  the  census 
of  1865.  The  greatest  number  in  any  town 'was  120,  in  Newport; 
the  least  number  4,  in  Tiverton.  In  some  towns,  as  Warwick,  Cum- 
berland, and  Scituate,  the  large  number  of  empty  houses  was  mostly 
owing  to  temporary  causes  which  have  since  been  removed,  and  a 
census  at  the  present  time,  would  show  a  considerable  increase  in  the 
number  of  families,  and  in  the  population. 

Of  the  28,666  dwelling  houses  in  the  State,  27,959  were  con- 
structed of  wood,  and  only  432  of  brick,  and  275  of  stone.  Even  in 
the  City  of  Providence,  96.36  in  each  10.0  of  the  dwelling  houses 
were  of  wood,  and  only  3.64  in  each  100,  of  brick  or  stone.  The 
proportion  of  wooden  dwelling  houses  is  less  in  Cumberland  than  in 
Providence. 
7 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


SEX    AND    COLOR. 

We  have  already  given  the  statistics  of  the  colored  population  in 
Rhode  Island,  and  have  shown  its  rate  of  increase  in  the  past.  It 
will  be  noticed  that,  in  1865,  much  more  than  half  of  the  whole  colored 
population  in  the  State,  was  in  the  cities  of  Providence  and  Newport. 

In  regard  to  sex,  there  were  in  1805,  in  Rhode  Island,  8,439  more 
females  than  males.  The  proportions  of  the  sexes,  white  and  colored, 
were  as  follows : 

White  population  47.80  males,  and  52.20  females  in  each  100 

Colored  population 43.87  males,  and  56.13  females  in  each  100 


Total  population 47.72  males,  and  52.23  females  in  each  100 

Though  there  is  an  excess  of  females  in  the  whole  State,  and  in 
most  of  the  towns,  the  following  towns  show  an  excess  of  males,  viz. : 
Barrington,  West  Greenwich,  Jamestown,  Middletown,  New  Shore- 
ham,  Portsmouth,  Cranston,  Glocester,  Johnston,  and  Exeter.  The 
same  towns  showed  an  excess  of  males  by  the  census  of  1860. 

Generally,  in  New  England,  there  is,  for  obvious  reasons,  a  large 
excess  of  females  in  the  population,  while  in  the  newer  States,  the 
opposite  is  true.  In  the  whole  country,  in  1860,  there  was  an  excess 
of  730,000  males,  in  a  population  of  thirty-one  millions. 

NATIVITY. 

The  subject  of  nativity,  or  birth-place  of  the  population,  is  of  very 
great  interest  and  importance,  particularly  in  this  country,  where  the 
enormous  influx  of  foreigners  is  changing  the  whole  character  of  the 
population  in  some  sections  of  the  older  States,  and  is  building  up 
immense  empires  in  the  west  with  a  people  differing  in  all  their  social 
cliaract eristics  from  those  who  laid  the  foundations  of  our  republic,  and 
who  have  thus  far  exercised  a  controlling  influence  in  its  government. 

And  yet,  this  important  subject  has  received  but  little  attention, 
until  a  recent  period,  in  the  national  and  State  censuses  of  this 
country.  None  of  the  United  States  censuses,  until  that  of  1850, 
obtained  any  particulars  in  regard  to  the  birth-places  of  the  popula- 
tion, except  that  the  censuses  of  1820  and  1830.  showed  the  num- 
ber of  " foreigners  not  naturalized."1  No  particulars  were,  however, 
given  in  relation  to  them. 


NATIVITY.-  H 

The  census  of  1850  commenced  a  new  era  in  this,  and  in  other 
important  particulars,  -and  gives  us,  minutely,  the  birth-places  of  the 
whole  population. 

In  the  census  of  Rhode  Island,  in  1865,  I  have  illustrated  this  sub- 
ject very  fully,  giving  all  the  particulars  that  can  possibly  be  of  gen- 
eral interest  and  value,  and  also  some  particulars  which  are  of  local 
interest  only.  The  statistics  relating  to  the  birth-places  of  the  popu- 
lation of  the  State,  are  given  in  tables  IV  to  XIV  inclusive,  on 
pages  5  to  22  inclusive,  of  the  tabular  portion  of  this  volume. 

These  tables  show,  in  relation  to  each  town  and  county  in  the 
State,  and  in  relation  to  each  ward  in  the  cities  of  Providence  and 
Newport ;  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  were  born  in  each  town  in 
Rhode  Island,  how  many  were  born  in  each  of  the  United  States, 
and  how  many  were  born  in  each  foreign  country. 

Table  IV  on  page  5,  shows  in  general  terms  the  birth-places  of 
the  population  of  each  town  in  the  State,  on  the  first  of  June,  1865. 
Of  the  184,965  inhabitants  of  the  State,  75,055  were  born  in  the 
towns  in  which  they  resided  ;.  37,152  had  moved  from  the  towns  in 
which  they  were  born,  to  other  towns  in  the  State,  making  a  total  of 
112,207  inhabitants  of  the  State  who  were  born  in  the  State ;  33,055 
of  the  inhabitants  of  tlie  State  were  born  in  other  of  the  United 
States ;  and  39,703  were  born  in  foreign  countries. 

In  1860,  the  population  of  Rhode  Island  was :  born  in  the  State, 
109,965  ;  born  in  other  States,  27,161 ;  born  in  foreign  countries, 
37,394 ;  born  at  sea,  14  ;  unknown  birth-place,  86  ;  total,  174,620.  • 

In  the  population  of  the  towns  of  Cranston  and  Johnston,  there 
were  more  natives  of  other  towns  in  the  State,  than  there  were 
natives  of  the  towns  themselves. 

In  the  towns  of  Cranston,  Cumberland,  North  Providence,  and 
Pawtucket,  the  number  of  inhabitants  who  were  born  in  foreign 
countries  was  greater  than  the  number  who  were  born  in  those 
towns. 

A  word  of  explanation  is  necessary  in  relation  to  the  figures  in  this 
and  the  following  tables,  for  East  Providence  and  Pawtucket.  These 
towns  were  admitted  from  Massachusetts,  in  1862.  In  the  census  of 
1865,  the  directions,  in  relation  to  birth-place,  were  "if  in  Rhode 
Island,  give  the  town  ;  if  elsewhere,  give  the  State  or  country."  It 


lii  CENSUS    OF    KUODK    ISLAND,    1865. 

would  seem  from  the  figures,  that  in  East  Providence,  the  enumer- 
ators put  down  those  who  were  born  in  the  town,  previous  to  18(32, 
as  born  in  Massachusetts,  while  in  Pawtucket  they  gave  them  as  born 
in  Rhode  Island.  Both  were  right,  and  botli  were  wrong. 

Table  V,  pages  6  to  9  inclusive,  shows  how  many  of  the  inhabit- 
ants of  each  town  were  born  in  each  town  in  Rhode  Island,  and  illus- 
trates some  curious  features  of  the  migration  of  the  population  within 
the  limits  of  the  State.  If  we  look  at  the  name  of  a  town,  at  the 
top  of  the  table,  and  follow  the  column  down  we  see  how  many 
natives  of  that  town  are  living  in  the  State,  and  the  towns  in  which 
they  live.  Thus,  take  the  town  of  Warwick,  and  look  down  the 
column,  and  we  find  that  there  are  5,296  natives  of  Warwick  living 
in  the  State  ;  that  2,822  of  them  were  living  in  Warwick  ;  828  in 
Providence  ;  277  in  Cranston,  &c.  There  are  natives  of  Warwick 
living  in  every  town  in  the  State,  except  Jamestown  ;  natives  of 
West  Greenwich  living  in  every  town,  except  Little  Compton  and 
Burrillville ;  natives  of  Providence  living  in  every  town  except 
Tiverton,  &c.,  &c. 

If  we  look  at  the  name  of  the  town  on  the  left  of  the  table,  and 
follow  the  line  across  the  table,  we  see  how  many  of  the  inhabitants 
of  that  town  were  born  in  each  town  in  the  State.  Thus,  take  Provi- 
dence city  and  look  across  the  table  and  we  find  that  every  town  in 
the  State,  except  Pawtucket,  is  largely  represented  in  the  population 
of  Providence.  The  reason  that  there  are  none  in  Providence  who 
were  born  in  Pawtucket,  and  but  few  who  were  born  in  East  Provi- 
dence, in  the  table,  is  because  in  taking  the  census  in  Providence, 
those  who  were  born  in  those  towns,  previous  to  1862,  were  put 
down  as  born  in  Massachusetts. 

Nearly  every  town  in  the  State  is  represented  in  the  population 
of  Newport,  and  natives  of  Newport  are  living  in  every  town  in  the 
State  except  Glocester.  In  Newport  the  proportion  of  the  whole 
population,  who  were  born  in  the  town  where  they  reside,  is  larger 
than  in  most  of  the  towns. 

The  table  also  shows  how  many  inhabitants  each  town  in  the  State 
has  given  to,  and  received  from,  each  other  town.  Thus,  Coventry 
has  given  90  persons  to  Newport,  and  817  to  Providence  ;  and  has  receiv- 
ed 10  from  Newport,  and  59  from  Providence.  Westerly  has  given 


NATIVITY.  Jiii 

37  to  Providence,  and  received  the  same  number  from  Providence. 
Burriliville  has  given  4  to  Westerly,  and  received  2  from  Westerly. 
New  Shoreham  has  given  813  natives  to  other  towns  in  the  State, 
and  received  only  60  from  other  towns. 

There  seems  to  be  no  special  law  which  has  governed  the  migration 
of  the  population  within  the  limits  of  the  State,  except  the  tendency 
of  the  population  of  the  smaller  towns  and  farming  districts,  to  the 
cities  and  manufacturing  towns. 

Table  VI,  pages  10  to  12  inclusive,  shows  how  many  of  the  inhab- 
itants of  each  town  in  Rhode  Island,  in  1865,  were  born  in  each  of 
the  United  States. 

Every  State  in  the  Union,  at  that  time,  except  Oregon,  was  repre- 
sented in  the  population  of  Rhode  Island.  There  were  natives  of 
Connecticut,  Massachusetts  and  New  York  living  in  every  town  in 
the  State ;  natives  of  New  Hampshire,  in  every  town  except  James- 
town, Hopkinton,  and  Richmond ;  natives  of  Vermont,  in  every 
town  except  Jamestown,  Middletown  and  New  Shoreham  ;  natives  of 
Virginia,  in  every  town  except  East  Greenwich,  Little  Compton,  New 
Shoreham,  Exeter,  and  South  Kingstown  ;  natives  of  Maine,  in  every 
town  except  West  Greenwich,  Foster,  Charlestown,  and  Exeter; 
natives  of  Pennsylvania,  in  every  town  except  Jamestown,  Little 
Compton,  Tiverton,  Charlestown,  and  Richmond. 

The  following  shows  the  number  of  natives  of  other  States  living 
in  Rhode  Island,  in  1860  and  in  1865. 

LIVING    IN    RHODE    ISLAND. 

Natives  of                                                                                                 1865.  1860. 

Maine 1,310 1,301 

New  Hampshire 1,082 1,482 

Vermont 748  ...  692 

Massachusetts 17,320 13,965 

Rhodelsiand 112,207 109,965 

Connecticut 5,439 4,634 


Total  natives  of  New  England 138,106  132,039 

Natives  of  other  United  States  7,156 5,187 


Total  native  born  145,262 137,226 

The  large  increase  of  natives  of  Massachusetts  living  in  Rhode 
Island  in  1865,  was  partly  owing  to  the  annexation  of  Pawtucket  and 
East  Providence,  in  1862. 


liv  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

By  the   United   States  census   of  1860,  the  number  of  natives  of 
Rhode  Island  living  in  the  United  States,  was  as  follows : 


NATIVES    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    I860. 


Living  in 


Maine 418 

New  Hampshire 637 

Vermont  521 

Massachusetts  13,326 

Rhode  Island . .  . .  109,965 


Living  in 
Connecticut 7,024 


Total  in  New  England 131,891 

In  other  of  the  United  States. . .    23,373 


Total  in  whole  country 155,264 


By  the  census  of  ]  860,  there  were  3,144,598  natives  of  the  New  Eng- 
land States,  living  in  the  United  States.  Of  this  number,  2,584,262 
were  living  in  the  New  England  States,  and  560,336,  in  other  States. 

During  the  ten  years,  1850  to  1860,  there  was  an  emigration  of 
106,445  natives  of  the  New  England  States,  from  New  England  to 
other  States  in  the  country  ;  an  average  of  10,644  annually. 

These  facts  are  important  in  view  of  the  fact,  that  in  some  towns 
of  Rhode  Island  as  well  as  in  other  New  England  States,  the  popula- 
tion is  stationary  as  to  numbers,  or  decreasing. 

This  enormous  emigration  of  the  native  American  population  of 
New  England  shows  how  this  population  may  be  stationary,  or  even 
decreasing  in  some  portions  of  New  England,  and  still  the  same  popu- 
lation, as  a  class,  may  be  increasing  in  the  whole  country,  and  be  ful- 
filling its  mission  in  the  world,  to  the  utmost  extent. 

The  seventh  table,  pages  13  to  15  inclusive,  shows  how  many  of 
the  inhabitants  of  each  town  in  Rhode  Island,  in  1865,  were  born  in 
different  foreign  countries. 

The  following  shows  the  number  of  persons  of  foreign  birth  in 
Rhode  Island,  by  the  censuses  of  1850,  1860  and  1865  : 

Born  in  1850.  1860.         1865. 

Ireland 15,944 25,285 27..030 

England 4,490...- 6,356 6,478 

Scotland  and  Wales 1.000 1,536 1,403 

British  America  1,024 2,830 3,384 

Germany 230, 815 897 

France 80 123 146 

Portugal 58 86  75 

Other  countries..  285..  363..                  290 


Total  foreign  born 23,111. 37,394 39,703 

There  were  39,703  persons  of  foreign   birth  in  Rhode  Island,  in 
1865,  or  21.46  per  cent,  of  the  whole  population.     Though  30  dif- 


REMARKS    ON    NATIVITY.  Iv 

ferent  countries  were  represented  in  this  population,  39,192  of  the 
whole  number  were  from  five  countries. 

The  population  of  foreign  birth,  in  1850,  was  15.66  per  cent,  of 
the  whole  population  of  the  State  ;  in  1860,  it  was  21.41  per  cent., 
and  in  1865,  it  was  21.46  per  cent. 

In  the  City  of  Providence,  the  number  of  persons  of  foreign  birth 
has  increased  but  little  for  the  last  fifteen  years,  while  the  percentage 
has  decreased.  The  number  and  proportion  of  foreigners,  (by  birth,) 
in  Providence,  at  different  periods,  have  been  as  follows  : 

Total  Percentage  of 

Providence.  Population.  Foreign  born.  Foreign. 

1845 31,747 5,965 , 18.79 

1850 41,513 10,275  24.75 

1855 47,785 13,232 27.69 

1860 50,666 12,570 24.80 

1865 54,595  13,402 24.54 

The  number  of  natives  of  Ireland,  living  in  Providence,  was  378 
less,  in  1865,  than  it  was  in  1855. 

The  natives  of  British  America  show  the  largest  proportional 
increase,  in  the  foreign  population  of  Rhode  Island,  during  the  last 
fifteen  years.  Many  of  these  are  French  Canadians  who  are  em- 
ployed in  our  manufacturing  villages.  Considerable  numbers  of  this 
class  are  found  in  Barrington,  Coventry,  Warwick,  Burrillville,  Cum- 
berland and  Smithfield. 

In  1850,  the  natives  of  Ireland  comprised  68.99  per  cent,  of  the 
whole  foreign  populatioii  (by  birth  J  in  Rhode  Island;  in  1860,  67.61 
per  cent.,  and  in  1865,  68.08  per  cent. 

REMARKS    ON    NATIVITY    OF   THE    POPULATION. 

It  will  be  seen  from  an  examination  of  the  tables,  and  from  the 
preceding  comments,  that  I  have  given  very  minute  and  full  infor- 
mation in  relation  to  the  nativity,  or  birth-places  of  the  population  of 
Rhode  Island.  One  of  the  important  objects  of  a  census  of  popula- 
tion is  to  enable  us  to  divide  it  into  classes,  and  thus,  knowing  the 
social,  political,  moral,  religious,  or  other  characteristics  of  these 
classes,  to  study  and  judge  of  their  influence  upon  the  population  and 
prospects  of  a  community. 

With  this  object  in  view,  the  subject  of  the  nativity  of  a  popula- 
tion, has  many  interesting  and  valuable  features,  and  it  is  very 
important  that  the  facts  relating  to  it  should  be  presented  fully 
and  minutely,  in  all  censuses. 


Ivi  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAM!*    1865. 

But  in  some  classifications  of  the  population,  and  in  some  of  the 
most  important,  the  nativity  or  birth-place  of  the  people  is  of  very 
slight  importance,  and  if  the  nativity  alone  be  given,  the  statistics 
are  of  little  value,  and  will,  in  fact,  only  mislead  and  deceive  us  in 
all  important  investigations. 

Take,  for  example,  the  division  of  the  population  into  the  two 
classes,  American  and  foreign.  The  subject  of  the  influence  of  the 
foreign  population  upon  the  social,  moral  and  political  prospects  of 
this  country^  is  one  of  the  most  important  that  can  engage  the  atten- 
tion of  the  statesman,  or  of  any  citizen. 

But  it  is  not  the  foreign  population,  by  birth  alone,  which  is  exert- 
ing its  influence  upon  our  institutions,  and  moulding  the  social  and 
other  characteristics  of  the  community ; — it  is  the  foreign  population, 
including  the  children,  born  in  this  country,  of  foreign  parents.  These 
children,  for  the  first  generation  at  least,  partake  of  all  the  social, 
moral,  political,  and  sanitary  influences  of  their  parents,  and  it  is 
through  them  that  the  chief  influence  of  this  population  is  exerted 
upon  our  institutions  and  habits,  as  a  people. 

In  fact,  in  large  portions  of  our  country,  including  Xew  England, 
and  particularly  in  Rhode  Island,  the  foreign  population,  by  nativity, 
exerts  very  little  influence  upon  our  social  or  political  institutions. 
In  this  State,  the  foreigners,  by  birth,  comprise  only  about  21  per 
cent,  of  the  population,  very  few  of  them  ai'e  voters,  their  number 
is  but  very  slowly  increasing,  and  as  it  can  increase  only  by  immigra- 
tion, the  prospects  of  any  great  increase  in  future,  are  very  slight. 
On  the  contrary,  the  prospects  are,  that  in  Rhode  Island,  the  number 
of  foreigners,  by  birth,  will  remain  nearly  stationary  for  the  present, 
and  in  a  few  years  will  begin  to  decrease. 

But  foreigners,  including  their  children,  and  through  their  children* 

O  ~  *        >  ~ 

are  now  exerting  a  tremendous  influence,  not  only  in  Rhode  Island, 
but  also  throughout  the  country,  and  are  modifying  to  a  greater  or 
less  extent,  all  the  moral,  social,  and  other  characteristics  of  our 
population. 

It  seems  to  me,  then,  to  be  of  the  utmost  importance  that  in  our 
censuses,  and  in  all  our  statistical  investigations,  we  should  be  able  to 
classify  the  population  not  only  by  nativity,  but  also  by  parentage, ; 
that  we  should  be  able  to  show  not  only  the  facts  relating  to  persons 
of  foreign  birth,  but  also  those  relating  to  their  children,  as  distin- 
guished from  the  children  of  American  parents. 


It  EM  ARKS    ON    NATIVITY.  Ivil 

And  yet,  notwithstanding  the  importance  of  these  facts,  no  national 
or  State  census,  in  this  country,  previous  to  the  census  of  Rhode 
Island,  in  1865,  lias  ever  given  this  classification,  or  hardly  alluded 
to  it. 

If  we  refer  to  these  censuses,  to  study  the  facts  relating  to  the 
American  and  foreign  population,  we  find  that,  according  to  birth- 
place, the  only  classification  given  in  them,  the  American  class 
includes  all  the  Americans  and  their  children,  and  also  all  the  chil- 
dren born  in  this  country,  of  foreign  parents,  while  the  foreign  class 
includes  only  persons  of  foreign  birth. 

The  American  class  includes  all  the  children  in  the  community, 
and  nearlv  all  of  the  aged  persons,  while  the  foreign  class  is  composed 
mostly  of  persons  in  the  prime  of  life. 

If  we  extend  our  inquiries  to  criminal  statistics,  we  find  that  nearly 
all  the  juvenile  crime  in  the  community  is  committed  by  the  American 
class,  and  that  the  truants,  and  the  inmates  of  all  our  reform  schools 
and  other  similar  institutions,  belong  almost  exclusively  to  this  class. 

If  we  look  at  educational  statistics,  we  find  that  nearly  all  those 
who  are  growing  up  in  ignorance,  and  cannot  read  and  write,  under 
20  years  of  age,  belong  to  the  American  population,  by  nativity. 

If  we  turn  to  vital  statistics,  we  find  that  the  average  age  of  those 
who  die  of  the  American  population,  according  to  nativity,  is  less 
than  half  the  average  age  of  those  who  die  of  the  foreign  population. 

In  relation  to  cholera  infantum,  and  other  diseases  of  childhood 
which  are  caused  to  a  great  extent  by  filth,  improper  food,  and  other 
defects  in  home  life,  we  find  that  those  who  die,  belong,  almost  exclu- 
sively, to  the  American  population,  and  that  almost  none  of  the 
foreign  population  die  from  these  causes. 

If  we  wish  to  study  the  comparative  increase  of  the  American 
and  foreign  population,  we  find,  for  example,  in  the  City  of  Boston, 
in  1865,  that  an  American  population,  by  nativity,  of  126,804,  had 
only  1,650  children,  while  a  foreign  population  of  66,020  had  3,587 
children  in  the  same  year.  We  also  find  that  in  the  same  city,  in  the 
same  year,  3,127  died  of  the  American  population,  by  birth,  and  only 
1,381  of  the  foreign  population,  showing  an  immense  loss  in  the 
American,  and  a  great  gain  in  the  foreign  population. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  state  that  all  the  conclusions  given  above 
are  utterly  false  and  deceptive,  and  yet,  they  are  all  true,  if  we 
depend  upon  our  censuses  for  our  information.  There  has  never 


Iviil  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

been  a  national  or  State  census  in  this  country,  until  the  recent  census 
of  Rhode  Island,  in  which  it  is  possible  to  find  the  facts  which  will 
give  us  any  different  conclusions. 

They  all  ignore,  entirely,  the  subject  of  parentage,  and  give  us  no 
facts  by  which  the  children  of  foreign  parents  can  be  distinguished 
from  the  American  population. 

PARENTAGE. 

In  the  census  of  Rhode  Island,  in  ]  865,  in  addition  to  the  full  par- 
ticulars relating  to  the  nativity,  or  birth-place  of  the  population,  I 
have  given  the  facts  in  relation  to  the  parentage,  by  which  we  can 
show  how  many  children  of  foreign  parents,  and  of  each  class  of 
foreign  parents,  there  are  living  in  the  State.  I  have  also  shown 
how  many  persons  there  are  in  the  State,  of  mixed  parentage,  that 
is,  of  whom  one  parent  was  of  American  and  the  other  of  foreign 
birth. 

These  particulars  are  given,  for  each  town  in  the  State  and  for 
each  ward  in  the  cities  of  Providence  and  Newport,  in  tables  XV  to 
XVIII  inclusive,  pages  23  to  27  inclusive,  of  the  present  volume.  I 
have,  also,  added  tables  XX  and  XXII,  which  show  the  sex,  accord- 
ing to  parentage,  and  the  age,  according  to  parentage,  of  the  popula- 
tion of  each  ward  in  the  City  of  Providence. 

Referring  to  these  tables,  we  are  able  to  see  the  difference  between 
the  nativity  and  parentage  of  the  population,  which,  for  the  whole 
State,  is  as  follows  : 

ACCORDING   TO    NATIVITY. 

Americans 145,262,  or    78.54  per  cent,  of  all. 

Foreigners 39,703,  or    21.46  per  cent,  of  all. 


Total  population 184.965,         100.00 

ACCORDING    TO   PARENTAGE. 

American 117,316,  or    63.43  per  cent,  of  all. 

Foreign     67,649,  or     36.57  per  cent,  of  all. 

Total  population 184,965       100.00 

In  this  statement,  those  of  mixed  parentage  are  given  according  to 
the  birth-place  of  their  fathers. 

It  seems  that,  according  to  parentage,  the  American  population  is 
27,946  less,  and  the  foreign  population  is  the  same  number  greater, 


PARENTAGE.  lix 

than  according  to  nativity.  These  27,946  individuals  are  the  children 
born  in  this  country,  of  foreign  parents. 

In  this  classification,  according  to  parentage,  the  American  class 
includes  those  born  in  the  United  States  with  their  children  ;  while 
the  foreign  class  includes  those  born  in  foreign  countries  with  their 
children.  It  is  obvious  that  this  is  the  correct  classification,  and  the 
only  classification  that  is  of  any  value  in  investigations  relating  to 
these  divisions  of  the  population. 

Table  XV,  page  23,  shows  the  number  of  each  foreign  class, 
according  to  parentage,  in  each  town,  and  in  the  whole  State. 

The  following;  table  shows  the  number  of  each  foreign  class  of  the 

O  O 

population,  both  according  to  nativity  and  according  to  parentage,  in 
the  whole  State.  The  first  column  of  figures  shows  the  number 
according  to  birth-place  ;  the  second  column,  the  number  according  to 
parentage  ;  and  the  third  column  shows  the  difference  between  the 
other  two,  which  is  the  number  of  children,  born  in  this  country,  of 
each  class.  The  population  of  mixed  parentage  are  necessarily 
omitted  in  this  table. 

Number  Number  Difference,  ' 

by  by  children  bom 

Nativity.  Parentage.         in  this  country. 

Irish 27,030 48,136 21,106 

English 6,478 9,781 3,303 

Scotch  and  Welsh 1,403 2,344 941 

German 897 1,626 729 

French 146 247 101 

British  An.erican 3,384 3,259 

Portuguese 75 140 65 

Italian 37 '61   24 

Other  foreign 253 256 3 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  number  born  in  British  America  exceeds 
the  number  of  British  American  parentage.  The  explanation  of  this 
is,  that  many  of  those  born  in  British  America,  are  of  Irish,  English, 
Scotch,  or  other  parentage. 

MIXED    PARENTAGE. 

It  seems,  from  table  XV,  that  there  are  1,759  persons  in  the  State, 
whose  fathers  were  born  in  the  United  States,  and  whose  mothers 
were  born  in  some  foreign  country  ;  there  are,  also,  1,799  persons 
with  fathers  born  in  some  foreign  country,  and  mothers  born  in  the 
United  States,  making  a  total  of  3,558  persons  of  "  mixed  "  parent- 
age, in  the  whole  State. 


Ix  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865* 

The  subject  of  the  intermingling,  by  marriage,  of  persons  born  in 
different  countries,  is  of  considerable  interest  in  this  State,  as  well  as 
throughout  the  country,  and  will  become  much  more  important  in 
future.  A  census  in  which  the  nativity  alone  of  the  population  is 
given,  can  give  us  no  information  upon  this  subject. 

In  the  City  of  Providence,  during  eleven  years,  1855  to  1865 
inclusive,  there  were  1,371  children  born  of  "  mixed  "  parentage,  or 
precisely  8  per  cent,  of  the  whole  number  of  children  born.  During 
the  same  period,  the  annual  number  of  "  mixed  "  marriages  was  from 
8.84  to  14.63  per  cent,  of  the  whole  number. 

Table  XVII  on  page  26,  shows}  us  the  number  of  persons,  Ameri- 
can and  foreign,  both  by  nativity  and  by  parentage,  in  each  town  in  the 
State  ;  and  also  the  percentage  of  American  and  of  foreign  parent- 
age, in  each  town.  It  will  be  seen  that  the  proportion  of  foreign 
population  differs  greatly  in  different  towns ;  the  greatest  proportion 
being  in  the  cities  and  manufacturing  towns.  The  least  percentage 
of  foreign  is  in  Exeter,  only  1.47  in  each  100  of  the  total  population, 
while  in  North  Providence,  56.17  in  each  100  are  of  foreign  parent- 
age. In  3  towns,  Cumberland.  North  Providence  and  Pawtucket, 
the  population  of  foreign  parentage  exceeds  that  of  American  parent- 
age ;  and  in  Burrillville,  Cranston  and  Smithfield  there  is  but  a 
small  difference. 

In  all  the  above  towns,  and  in  the  aggregate  for  all  the  towns  of 
Providence  county,  the  percentage  of  the  population  of  foreign 
parentage  is  greater  than  in  the  City  of  Providence. 

The  census  of  the  City  of  Providence,  in  1855,  was  taken  like 
that,  in  1865,  so  as  to  show  the  parentage  as  well  as  the  nativity  of 
the  population.  We  are,  therefore,  able  to  compare  the  results,  in 
this  respect,  of  an  interval  of  ten  years,  in  the  history  of  the  city. 
They  are  as  follows  : 


AMERICAN    POPULATION. 


Providence. 


Total 
Population. 


1855 47,785... 

1865 54,595.. 


Number 
born  in  U.  S. 

Percentage. 

Number 
of  American 
Parentage. 

Percentage. 

....33,682.. 

70.48.... 

....27,897  

58.94 

....41,193.. 

75.45.... 

30,702  

56.24 

Ten  years... gain  6,810         gain,  7,511        gaiii,  4.97        gain,  2,805  loss,  2.70 


PARENTAGE.  Ixi 


FOREIGN    POPULATION. 

Total  Number  born  Number 

Providence.  PoniilnHnn  in  f°rcigu  Percentage.         of  Foreign  Percentage. 

countries.  Parentage. 

1855 47,785 13,232 ..27.69 19,432 41.06 

1865 54,595 13,402 24.55. 23,893 43.76 

Ten  years. .  .gain,  6,810          gain,      170         loss,  3.14      gain,  4,461  gain,  2.70 

In  the  figures  for  1855,  in  the  above  statement,  those  of  unknown 
birth-place  or  parentage,  are  omitted.  This  fact  makes  an  apparent 
discrepancy  in  the  figures  as  given  above.  In  the  census  of  1865, 
there  were  none  of  unknown  nativity,  or  parentage,  in  the  city  or  in 
the  State. 

Tlie  percentages  given  above  are  the  proportions  of  the  total  popu- 
lation of  the  city.  Looking  at  the  actual  gain  of  the  two  classes  of 
the  population,  we  have  the  following: 

Birthplace.  1855.  1865.    .  Gain.  Gain  per  cent. 

United  States 33,682 41,193 7,511 22.30 

Foreign  Countries  ..    ..13,232 13,402 170 1.28 

Parentage. 

American 27,897  30,702 2,805 10.05 

Foreign 19,432 23,893  4,461 22.95 

This  shows  that,  according  to  nativity  or  birth-place,  the  American 
population  is  increasing  far  more  rapidly  than  the  foreign ;  a  fact 
which  might  be  expected,  as,  by  this  classification,  all  the  children 
born  in  this  country,  of  foreign  parents,  are  counted  with  the  Ameri- 
can population. 

It  also  shows  that,  according  to  parentage,  the  foreign  population  is 
increasing  much  faster  than  the  American  ;  a  fact  which  might  be 
expected,  as  it  is  well  known  that  the  class  of  persons  of  foreign 
birth,  who  live  in  this  country,  has  more  children  in  proportion  to 
its  numbers,  than  "the  population  of  American  birth. 

Some  persons,  looking  at  this  last  fact,  have  concluded  that  the 
females  of  the  native  American  population  of  New  England,  as  a 
class,  are  degenerating,  and  that  this  population,  as  a  class,  is  decreas- 
ing and  must  soon  run  out. 

Without  discussing  the  subject  at  length,  at  this  time,  we  may 
observe  that  it  is  easy  to  explain  why,  without  any  degeneracy,  the 
native  American  population  now  living  in  New  England  should  have 
less  children  in  proportion  to  its  numbers,  than  the  foreign  population 
now  livincr  here. 


Ixii  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

In  the  first  place,  we  should  recollect  the  enormous  emigration, 
during  the  last  thirty  years,  of  natives  of  New  England  to  the  West- 
ern States.  By  the  census  of  1860,  there  were  560,336  natives  of 
the  New  England  States  living  in  other  States,  and  the  increase,  from 
1850  to  1860,  of  natives  of  New  England,  living  in  other  States,  was 
equal  to  an  emigration  of  10,645  annually.  This  only  includes 
the  actual  increase  in  the  number  of  natives  of  New  England,  living 
in  other  States,  between  1850  and  1860,  as  shown  by  the  censuses  of 
those  periods.  To  know  the  actual  emigration  from  New  England, 
during  that  time,  we  should  add  the  number  of  natives  of  New 
England  who  were  living  in  other  States  in  1850,  and  who  died 
between  1850  and  1860.  Remember  too,  that  these  emigrants  are 
almost  exclusively  young  persons,  or  persons  in  the  prime  of  life, — 
precisely  the  class  to  which  we  must  look  for  the  natural  increase  of 
the  population. 

The  result  of  this  is,  that  the  native  American  population  which  is 
left  in  New  England  is  not,  so  to  speak,  a  normal  population  ;  that 
is,  it  does  not  comprise  the  natural  proportions  of  youth,  middle  age, 
and  old  age  ;  but  has  a  larger  proportion  than  natural  of  aged  persons, 
and  a  smaller  proportion  than  natural  of  persons  in  the  periods  of  life 
in  which  we  may  expect  the  production  of  children. 

The  foreign  population  living  in  New  England,  on  the  contrary,  is 
composed  almost  entirely  of  young  persons  and  of  persons  in  the 
prime  of  life,  with  an  exceedingly  small  proportion  of  aged  persons. 
Such  a  population,  as  a  class,  will  have,  of  course,  more  children  in 
proportion  to  its  numbers,  than  a  population  made  up  as  the  American 
population  of  New  England  is  at  present. 

It  will  be  seen,  from  table  XXII,  on  page  38,  that  92.47  per  cent, 
of  the  American  population,  in  1865,  in  the  City  of  Providence, 
according  to  parentage,  was  under  60  years  of  age,  and  7. 53  percent, 
was  of  the  age  of  60  and  over  ;  while  of  the  foreign  population, 
96.39  per  cent,  was  under  60,  and  only  3.61  per  cent,  was  60  years 
and  over.  In  the  country  towns,  the  true  home  and  origin  of  the 
native  American  population  of  New  England,  the  proportion  of  aged 
persons  is  very  much  greater,  and  that  of  young  persons  is  very  much 
smaller,  than  in  the  cities. 

SEX,  NATIVITY    AND    PARENTAGE. 

In  the  registration  of  deaths,  in  the  City  of  Providence,  it  has  been 
found  that  there  is  a  marked  difference  between  the  American  and 


SEX,    NATIVITY    AND    PARENTAGE.  Ixiii 

foreign  population,  in  the  proportions  of  the  sexes  of  decedents  from 
consumption.  Of  the  decedents  from  consumption,  of  American 
parentage,  a  large  excess  is  females,  while  of  the  decedents  of  foreign 
parentage,  the  proportion  of  the  sexes  is  nearly  equal,  with  sometimes 
an  excess  of  males. 

For  this  reason,  and  others  which  might  be  named,  it  is  of  con- 
siderable interest  and  importance  to  know  the  proportion  of  the  sexes, 
according  to  nativity  and  parentage,  among  the  living  population. 

This  is  given  in  tables  XIX  and  XX,  on  page  28,  for  the  City  of 
Providence.  The  result  is  as  follows  : 

ACCORDING    TO    NATIVITY. 

Birth-Place.  Males.          Females.        Males.         Females. 

Born  in  the  United  States. 19,511 21.682,  or 47.37,  and  52.63  in  each  100. 

Born  in  Foreign  Countries 5,708 7,694,  or  42.59.  and  57.41  in  each  100. 

ACCORDING    TO    PARENTAGE. 

Parentage.  Males.          Females.        Males.         Females. 

American    14,444 16,258,  or  47.05,  and  52.95  in  each  100. 

Foreign. 10,775. ..  .13,118,  or  45.10,  and  54.90  in  each  100. 

Those  of  mixed  parentage  are  given  according  to  the  birth-place  of 
their  fathers. 

The  above  figures  show  that,  both  by  birth-place  and  by  parentage, 
the  proportion  of  females  is  greater  among  the  foreign  than  among 
the  American  population  of  Providence.  We  must  look  farther  for 
the  explanation  of  the  greater  proportion  of  female  decedents,  from 
consumption,  among  the  American  than  among  the  foreign  population. 

AGE    AND    SEX. 

The  number  of  persons  of  each  sex,  in  each  division  of  ages,  in 
each  town  and  county  in  Rhode  Island,  and  in  each  ward  in  the  cities 
of  Providence  and  Newport,  is  given  in  table  XXI,  pages  29  to  37 
inclusive. 

This  table  contains  all  the  information  usually  given  in  modern 
censuses,  in  relation  to  the  ages  of  the  population,  and  will  be  found 
to  contain  much  that  is  interesting  and  important,  respecting  the 
population  of  each  town,  and  of  the  whole  State. 


Ixiv  CENSUS    OF    RHODE   ISLAND,    1865. 

Many  other  classifications  and  divisions,  in  connection  with  age, 
might  have  been  given,  all  of  which  would  be  found  useful  to  those 
interested  in  the  investigation  of  the  present  condition  and  future 
prospects  of  the 'population  of  the  State;  but  it  seemed  necessary  to 
place  a  limit  upon  the  number  of  tables  given,  and  I  have,  therefore, 
omitted  many  which  my  own  inclinations  would  have  led  me  to 
insert. 

The  subject  of  the  ages  of  the  living  is  of  very  great  importance 
in  studying  the  existing  characteristics  and  future  prospects  of  the 
population  of  any  community  or  State.  The  number  and  proportion 
of  the  sexes  at  different  ages,  the  proportions  of  different  classes  of 
the  population  at  different  ages,  the  proportions  of  the  dependent  and 
productive  classes,  as  shown  by  age,  the  longevity  of  the  population, 
the  probable  and  comparative  mortality,  and  many  other  subjects,  may 
be  illustrated  by  tables  of  ages  of  the-population,  and  all  are  important 
for  a  full  understanding  of  the  interests  and  characteristics  of  a  com- 
munity. 

As  has  been  said  by  an  eminent  statistical  writer : 

"The  ages  of  a  population  are  among  the  most  important  elements 
of  information,  and  form  some  of  the  best  means  of  comparing  the 
people  of  one  place  with  those  of  another  ;  or  the  people  of  one 
place,  at  one  period,  with  tlipse  of  the  same  place  at  another  period. 
A  census  in  which  the  ages  are  not  taken  is  comparatively  useless. 
A  people  may  be  more  or  less  healthy  or  unhealthy,  efficient  or  in- 
efficient, happy  or  unhappy,  according  as  a  greater  or  less  number  is 
found  of  one  age  or  another.  These  truths  will  be  appa- 

rent to  all  who  study  the  laws  of  health,  life  and  longevity,  and  com- 
pare the  operations  of  these  laws  in  different  places." 

Notwithstanding  the  importance  of  the  subject,  I  feel  compelled, 
m  its  examination,  to  limit  myself  to  a  very  few  points.  It  would  be 
extremely  interesting  to  show  the  differences,  in  respect  to  age,  and 
proportions  at  different  ages,  which  exist  between  the  different  towns 
and  divisions  of  the  State  ;  but  this  must  be  omitted.  Those  inter- 
ested in  the  subject  and  in  the  population  of  the  several  towns,  will 
be  rewarded  by  an  examination  of  the  tables  given,  with  reference  to 
this  point.  I  propose,  only,  to  give  a  few  facts  and  comparisons,  relat- 
ing to  the  ages  of  the  population  of  the  State  as  a  whole. 


AGE    AND    SEX. 


Ixv 


The  following  table  shows  the  number  and  proportions  of  each  sex, 
and  of  the  total  population,  in  each  division  of  ages,  in  the  whole 
State,  by  the  census  of  1865.  Those  of  "unknown"  ages,  number- 
ing 41  in  the  whole  State,  are  omitted : 

TABLE. — Proportions  at  different  ages  in  Rhode  Island^  1865. 


AGES. 

MALES. 

FEMALES. 

TOTAL  POPULATION. 

Number. 

Per  Cent. 

Number. 

Per  Cent. 

Number. 

Per  Cent. 

Under  1  vcar  

1,930 
1,607 
5,915 

2.19 
1.82 
6.70 

1,914 
1,668 
5,835 

1.98 
1.72 
6.04 

3,844 
3,275 
11,750 

2.08 
1.77 
6.35 

1  and  under  2 

2    "         "      5  

Totil  under  5  

9,452 
10,143 
9,358 
9,039 
15,004 
12.236 
10,234 
6,776 
3,888 
1,674 
407 
32 

10.71 
11.49 
10.60 
10.24 
17.00 
13.87 
11.60 
7.68 
4.41 
1.90 
0.46 
0.04 

9,417 
10,029 
9,258 
9,562 
18,474 
14,324 
10,472 
7,405 
4,762 
2,199 
696 
83 

9.741 
10.37 
9  58 
9.89' 
19.111 
14.81 
10.83 
,     7.66 
4.93: 
2.27 
0.72 
0.09' 

18,869 
20,172 
18,616 
18,601 
33,478 
26,560 
20,706 
14,181 
8,650 
3,873 
1,103 
115 

10.20 
10.91 
10.07 
10.06 
18.10 
14.36 
11.20 
7.67 
4.68 
2.09 
0.60 
0.06 

5  and  under  10.  .  .  . 
10                      15  

15                     20  
20                     80  

30                     40  

40                     50  

50                     60  

60                     70  

70                     80  
80                     90  
90  and  over  

88,243       100.00 

96,681 

100.00 

184,9241      100.00 

At  all  ages,  under  20.  the  proportions  of  males,  to  the  whole  num- 
ber of  males,  are  greater  than  the  proportions  of  females  to  the  whole 
number  of  females,  though  in  the  division,  1  and  under  2,  the  7iumber 
of  females  exceeds  the  number  of  males.  In  other  words,  of  all  the 
persons  living  in  the  State,  there  is  a  greater  proportion  of  males  than 
of  females  under  20  years  of  age.  The  proportions  are  as  follows  : 
Under  20  years  of  age,  males,  43.04  per  cent.  ;  females,  39.58  per 
cent. 

In  the  population,  of  60  years  of  age  and  over,  there  is  a  large 
excess  of  females,  both  in  numbers  and  in  percentages.  Thus,  sixty 
years  and  over,  males,  6,001,  or  6.81  per  cent. ;  females,  7,740,  or 
8.01  per  cent. 

Various  classifications,  according  to  age,  have  been  suggested  in 
order  to  show  more  plainly  the  different  characteristics,  or  qualifica- 
tions which  exist  in  the  population. 

Among  others,  it  has  been  proposed  to  divide  the  population  with 
reference  to  the  ability,  as  depending  upon  age,  to  labor  and  to  assist 
9 


Ixvi 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    186.5. 


in  increasing  the  productions  of  a  community.  This  division  makes 
three  classes :  those  under  15  years  of  age  ;  those  of  the  age  of  15 
and  under  60 ;  and  those  of  the  age  of  60  and  over.  Those  under 
15  compose  the  dependent  class ;  those  from  15  to  60,  the  produc- 
tive class  ;  and  those  of  60  and  over,  the  aged  class  ;  or  the  first 
and  last,  combined,  make  the  unproductive,  and  the  other,  the  pro- 
ductive class. 

Applying  this  classification  to  the  population  of  Rhode  Island,  in 
1865,  \ve  have  the  following  : 

Under  15.  15  to  60.  60  and  over. 

Number.         Percentage.       Number.         Percentage.       Number.      Percentage. 

Males 28,953 32.80 53,289 60.39 6,001 6.31 

Females 28.704 29.69 60,237 62.30 7,740 8.01 


Total  population. 57,657 31.18 113,526   61.39 13,741 7.43 

It~seems  that  61.39  in  each  100  of  the  population  of  the  State,  are 
in  the  productive  class,  and  38.61  in  each  100  are  in  the  unpro- 
ductive classes.  A  larger  proportion  of  the  females  than  of  the 
males,  is  in  the  productive  class,  probably  on  account  of  the  large 
number  of  females  employed  in  the  manufacturing  establishments  in 
the  State. 

We  shall  understand  the  figures  of  the  census  of  1865  better,  and 
see  more  clearly  their  value,  by  comparing  them  with  those  of  other 
dates,  and  with  those  of  other  States  and  countries.  The  following 
table  shows  the  proportions  of  the  population  at  different  ages  in 
several  places  and  at  several  dates,  as  named  : 


PERIODS 

H.  I. 

R.  I. 

Prov. 

Prov. 

u.  s. 

Mass. 

England. 

France. 

Lower 

OF 

1865. 

1860. 

1865. 

1855. 

I860. 

18CO. 

1851. 

1851. 

Canada. 

1852. 

LIFE. 

Per  cent. 

Per  cent. 

Per  cent. 

Per  cent. 

Per  cent. 

Per  cent. 

Per  cent. 

Per  cent. 

Percent- 

Under  5.  . 

10.20 

11.81 

9.73 

12.93 

15.43 

12.28 

13.06 

9.29 

18.89 

5  to  10.. 

10.91 

10.39 

10.46 

10.58 

13.29 

10.43 

11.68 

9.22 

14.29 

10      15.. 

10.07 

9.94 

9.60 

9.11 

11.85 

9.28 

10.72 

8.80 

11.86 

15      20.. 

10.06 

10.23 

9.87 

10.02 

10.71 

9.81 

9.88 

8.81 

11.62 

20      30.  . 

18.10 

19.34 

19.70 

23.52 

18.24 

19.82 

17.52 

16.34 

16.28 

30      40.. 

14.36 

14.47 

16.03 

15.61 

12.81 

14.91 

13.08 

14.75 

10.28 

40      50.. 

11.20 

10.37 

11.57 

9.09 

8.33 

10.19 

9.82 

12.47 

7.45 

50      60.. 

7.67 

6.72 

7.22 

6.02 

5.05 

6.61 

6.90 

10.17 

4.95 

60      70.  . 

4.68 

4.12 

3.86 

2.65 

2  83 

4.05 

4.61 

6.46 

2.73 

70      80.  . 

2.09 

1.98 

1.53 

1.08 

1.11 

1.91 

2.22 

3.01 

1.26 

80      90.. 

.60 

.65 

.39 

.35 

.30 

•     .55 

.56 

.63 

.34 

90  and  over 

.06 

.08 

.04 

.04 

.05 

.05 

.05 

.05 

.05 

Total..  .  . 

100. 

100. 

100. 

100. 

100. 

100. 

100. 

100. 

100. 

PRODUCTIVE    AND    UNPRODUCTIVE    CLASSES. 


Ixvii 


An  examination  and  study  of  the  preceding  table  will  be  found 
interesting,  and  will  show  great  differences  in  the  proportions  of  popu- 
lation at  different  periods  of  life  in  different  places.  Lower  Canada 
far  exceeds  any  other  of  the  places  given,  in  the  proportion  of  the 
population  in  the  early  periods  of  life.  The  small  percentage  under 
5  years  of  age,  in  1865,  in  Providence  ;  and  the  decreased  percent- 
age, at  the  same  age,  in  Rhode  Island  in  1865,  as  compared  with 
1860,  are  what  might  be  expected  from  the  great  decrease  in  the 
number  of  births,  during  the  war  of  the  last  five  years. 

Those  interested  in  the  subject  will  find  much  that  is  suggestive 
and  instructive  in  the  table,  which  we  have  not  space  to  show  at  this 
time. 

Recurring  to  the  classification  of  the  population  into  the  productive 
and  unproductive  classes,  the  following  more  extended  comparisons 
of  different  dates  and  different  places,  will  be  found  interesting,  and 
.valuable. 


STATES  OK,  PLACES. 

Dates. 

Under  15. 
Per  cent. 

15  to  60. 
Per  eent. 

CO  and  over 
Per  cent. 

Rhode  Island                      

1865 

31.18 

61.39 

7.43 

Rhode  Island  

1860 

3:2.14 

61.13 

6.73 

Rhode  Island  •  

1850 

32.80 

60.98 

6.22 

Massachusetts   

1860 

32.02 

61.36 

6.62 

Massachusetts   

1850 

31.70 

62.14 

6.16 

Massachusetts     ...               

1840 

33.99 

59  65 

6.36 

Providence   ..       

1865 

29.79 

64  39 

5.82 

Providence   

1860 

30.98 

63.95 

5.07 

Providence  

1855 

32.62 

63.26 

4.12 

Providence  ,  

1850 

32.18 

63.61 

4.21 

Boston  

1860 

31.81 

64.91 

3.28 

Boston  

1850 

31.02 

65.76 

3.22 

Boston  

1840 

32.40 

64.66 

2.94 

United  States  .... 

1860 

40.57 

55.14 

4.29 

United  States  

1850 

40.92 

54.83 

4.20 

United  States  

1840 

43.71 

52.35 

3.94 

England  ..... 

1851 

35.46 

57.20 

7.34 

England    

1841 

36.10 

56.70 

7.20 

France  »  .  .  .  . 

1851 

27.31 

62.54 

10.15 

Lower  Canada  

1852 

45.04 

50.58 

4.38 

Lowell  

1860 

26.36 

69.97 

3.67 

Lowell  

1840 

25.00 

73.68 

1.32 

It  is  not  necessary  to  extend  this  list.  Very  great  differences  will 
be  noticed  in  the  percentages  in  different  places,  all  having  reference 
to  some  peculiarity  in  the  population  of  the  places  named.  Under 
15  years  of  age,  the  highest  percentage  is  45.04,  in  Lower  Canada  ; 
the  lowest  25.00,  in  Lowell,  in  1840.  From  15  to  60,  the  highest  is 


Ixviii.  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

73.68,  in  Lowell ;  the  lowest,  50.58,  in  Lower  Canada.  Of  the  age 
of  60  and  over,  the  highest  percentage  is  10.15,  in  France ;  the 
lowest,  1.32,  in  Lowell,  in  1840.  The  reasons  for  most  of  these 
differences  will  be  readily  understood. 

AGE  AND  PARENTAGE. 

The  foregoing  illustrations  show  sufficiently  the  differences  which 
exist,  in  respect  to  age,  between  the  population  of  Rhode  Island  and 
some  other  States.  Another  interesting  comparison  on  this  subject 
would  be  to  show  the  differences  which  exist  at  the  same  date,  between 
different  classes  of  the  population  of  the  State.  AVe  have  already 
shown  this  in  relation  to  the  sexes  in  Rhode  Island. 

Table  XXIL,  on  page  38,  shows  the  population  of  the  City  of 
Providence,  according  to  age  and  parentage,  in  1865.  We  see  from 
that  table  that,  in  all  the  periods  of  life,  under  10  years,  in  Provi- 
dence, the  population  of  foreign  parentage  exceeds  that  of  American 
parentage,  while  at  all  periods  above  that,  the  population  of  American 
parentage  is  the  most  numerous. 

Looking  at  the  division  into  productive  and  unproductive  classes, 
we  find  the  population  according  to  parentage,  in  Providence,  in 
1865,  to  be  as  follows  : 

Under  15.  15  to  GO.  60  and  over. 

Parentage.  Number.         Per  Cent.  Number.         Per  Cent.         Number.     Per  Cent 

American 7,693 25.06 20,696 67.41 2,313 7,53 

Foreign 8,573 35.88 14,458 60.51 862 3.61 

This  shows  a  large  actual  and  proportional  excess  of  persons  of 
American  parentage,  in  the  productive  and  aged  classes,  in  Provi- 
dence ;  and  a  large  excess  of  persons  of  foreign  parentage,  in  the 
dependent  class,  under  15  years.  Other  interesting  results  \uill  be 
found,  in  relation,  to  this  subject,  by  an  exami nation  of  the  figures  in 
this,  and  the  preceding  tables. 

AGED    PERSONS    IN    RHODE    ISLAND. 

In  connection  with  the  subject  of  age,  I  have  thought  it  might  be 
interesting  to  publish  the  following  list  of  all  the  persons  of  90  years 
of  age  and  over,  in  Rhode  Island,  reported  in  the  census  as  living  on 
the  first  of  June,  1865 : 


AGED    PERSONS    LIVING    IN    RHODE   ISLAND.  IxiX 

Persons  in  Rhode  Island  of  ninety  years  of  age  and  over. 

RESIDENCE.  NAME.  AGE.  BIRTH-PLACE. 

Barrington Nancy  Smith 91 Providence. 

Bristol William  Pearse 92 Bristol. 

"      Joseph  Ralph 91 North  Providence. 

"      Mary  C.  Reynolds 90 Massachusetts. 

"      John  Bullock .. ;.90 Connecticut. 

"      Jerusha  Kent:* 98 Massachusetts. 

"      Gideon  Vaughn 91 Exeter. 

Warren Fanny  Burrows 95 Connecticut. 

"       Lydia  Johonnot 90 Barrington. 

Coventry Jonathan  Whaley 91 Coventry. 

"        Lydia  Williams 95 East  Greenwich. 

'.'        Huldah   Wood 93 Coventry. 

East  Greenwich Rebecca  Reynolds 90 South  Kingstown. 

"  "'  Lucy  Tibbitts 94 East  Greenwich. 

"  "  Lydia  Williams 95 "  " 

West  Greenwich Barbara  Spink: 99 Coventry. 

"  "  Solomon  Brown 99 West  Greenwich. 

Warwick Sarah  Manchester 92 North  Kingstown. 

"        Elizabeth  Littlefield 90 Warwick. 

"        Mary  J.  Pettis 91 " 

"        Elizabeth  Ladd 94 Providence. 

"        Jesse  Brown 90 SouthJKingstown. 

"        ...  Samuel  Coultny 90 Ireland. 

Little  Compton Mary  A.  Taylor 90 Wales. 

Newport Hope  Spooner 93 Portsmouth. 

"         James  Hart 98 Newport. 

"         Deborah  Mitchell 90 " 

"         Sarah  Norton 99 " 

New  Shoreham Bartlett  Ball 90 New  Shoreham. 

Portsmouth Bathsheba  .Coggeshall 90 Portsmouth. 

Cranston Rebecca  B.  Smith 90 Massachusetts. 

"       Sarah  Taylor.. 97 Hopkinton. 

"        Lucy  Gardner,  (colored) .......  97 Coventry. 

Cumberland Sally  Joslin 91 Cumberland. 

",  Mary  Grant ..90 " 

East  Providence William  Hamlin 92 Providence. 

"  "          Martin  Page. .   92 " 


JXX  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

Persons    in    Rhode    Island   of   ninety   years   of   age   and  over. 

Continued. 

RESIDENCE.  NAME.  AGE.  BIRTHPLACE. 

Glocester Ann  Smith 95 Glocester. 

"          .Deborah  Brown 90 " 

"         Jesse  Steere ....92 " 

"          William  Thornton 91 Johnston. 

Johnston Penelope  Waterman. 93 Johnston. 

North  Providence Edward  Me  Vey 94 Ireland. 

"  "       '    Matthew  King 93 " 

"  "      Mary  McUonough 93 " 

"  "          Amy  Jenks 91 Massachusetts. 

"  Desire  Hicks 90 Scituate. 

Pawtucket Patrick  Derwin 95 Ireland. 

"  John  McKelvey 94 " 

"  Mary  McGuire..   92 " 

"  William  West  92 Massachusetts. 

" Nancy  Binford 90 " 

"  ....   Lucy  Jerauld 90 Warwick. 

"  Ann  Hyde  90 England. 

"  ...Felix  Hughes 90 Ireland. 

Scituate Mary  Smith 93 Glocester. 

"         Patience  Simmons 92 Cranston. 

"         Abigail  Tanner 91 Scituate. 

Smithfield Sylvia  Whipple 102 Smithfield. 

"          Hannah  Gully 100 "' 

"          Mary  McCabe 95 Ireland. 

Hannah  Smith - 94 Smithfield. 

"          Lucina  Butler 94 " 

"  Jonathan  Buxton 93 " 

"          Saloma  Buxton 93 Burrillville. 

"          Drusilla  Sayles 93 Smithfield. 

"  George  Buffum 92 " 

"  Annabel  Mclntie 92 Glocester. 

"  Thankful  Spaulding... 92 .Cumberland. 

"  John  G.  Whipple 92 Massachusetts. 

"  ..'. Anna  Sayles 91.... Smithfield. 

"  Catharine  Grancy 90 " 

"  Amy  Jencks 90 " 

Elizabeth  Brown 90 " 

Providence John  Williams,  (colored) 99 Africa. 

"  Thomas  Carroll 91 Ireland. 

"  . .  Sarah  Sheldon.  .  ....  93 Providence. 


AGED    PERSONS    LIVING   IN    RHODE    ISLAND.  Ixxi 

Persons    in    Rhode    Island    of    ninety    years    of    age    and    over. 

Concluded. 

RESIDENCE.  NAME.  AGE.  BIRTHPLACE. 

Providence Bridget  Gavin 97 Ireland. 

"  KUen  Sullivan..   90 " 

" Betsey  Hubbard. 90 Warwick. 

Hannah  Bowers 94 Massachusetts. 

Abby  Harding 92 Providence. 

"  Lydia  M.  Billings .'..91 " 

Sally  Sweeting 90 

Susan  Manton 91 Cranston. 

Mary  Manchester 99 Providence. 

Elizabeth  Flanagan 93 . '. Wales. 

Rhoda  Balcom 90 Providence. 

"  Elizabeth  Goff. 90 ....Ireland. 

Caleb  Mosher 92 Massachusetts. 

Abby  T.  Millard 93 " 

Elizabeth  Tallman 90 Connecticut. 

Lydia  Field    90 Providence. 

Lucy  Tillinghast 90 North  Kingstown. 

Mary  McDonough 93 Ireland. 

• 

Charlestown Preserved  Davis  94  Massachusetts. 

Jemima  Nye  93 South  Kingstown. 

"  Elizabeth  Allen '. .  93 Connecticut. 

"  Susannah  Sheffield ...91 " 

Exeter Hannah  Bates 96 Richmond. 

"  '. Amy  Hazard   94 Exeter. 

"  Gershom  Palmer 92  Connecticut. 

Othniel  Shearman 91 Exeter. 

Hopkinton Rowse  Collins 91 Richmond. 

North  Kingstown Sybil  Mitchell 95.. ., NorthKingstown. 

"  "         Polly  Thomas 90 "  " 

"  "         Esther  M.  Northup 91 East  Greenwich. 

"  "         Mary  Livingston 97 North  Kingstown. 

South  Kingstown Ebenezer  Adams 93 Charlestown. 

''  "         Bethany,  Robinson,  (colored). 95 South  Kingstown. 

Sarah  N.  Perry  92 " 

Richmond Honor  T.  Reynolds 96 Richmond. 

"  Rhoda  Peterson 91 " 

Westerly Catharine  Barber 92 Westerly. 

"        .Sarah  Watson,  (colored) 93 Charleatown. 


OF  RHODE  ISLAND,  1885. 

EDUCATION'. 

The  twenty-third  table,  on  page  S9^  sb«ws  the  number  of  children 
•ft  eaek  town  in  Rhode  Island,  between  the  ages  of  5  and  15  :  and 
the  number  of  all  ages,  reported  by  the  census,  as  having  attended 
school,  more  or  less,  during  the  year  ending  June  1.  18G5.  It  also 
shows  the  number  attending  the  three  classes  of  schools,  public, 
select,  and  catholic. 

In  the  whole  State,   the   number  of  children  bet-ween  5  and   15 
Tears  of  age,   was   -5X  788     :he  number  who  had  attendt 
during  the  year,  was  ->o.774.  showing  that  there  was  5.014  children 
in  the  State  who  had   not  attended  school  clurin^  the  vear.     This  is 

• 

12.9  per  cent,  of  the  whole  number  of  children  between  5  and  15 
years  of  age-.  .But  as  the  number  reported  as  Itaving  attended 
school,  included  some  who  were  under  .or  over  15,  the  num- 

ber absent  from  school  between  these  ages,  must  have  been  consider- 
ably greater  than  5,014.  It  is  probable  that  at  least  one  in  seven  of 
aD  the  children  in  the  State,  between  5  and  15  years  of  age,  did  not 
attend  any  school  during  the  year. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  there  are  very  great  differences  in  the 
several  towns,  in  the  proportions  of  children  who  did  not  attend 
school,  and  that  the  greatest  percentage  of  absentees  is  in  those  towns 
which  have  the  largest  foreign  population,  by  parentage. 

We  have  already  seen  that  in  three  towns,  Cumberland.  North 
Providence,  and  Pawtucket,  the  population  of  foreign  parentage 
exceeds  that  of  American  parentage ;  and  in  three  other  tovrns, 
Burrillville,  Cranston  and  Smithfield,  the  foreign  population,  by 
parentage,  nearly  equals  the  American. 

The  proportion  of  children,  in  these  town?,  who  did  not  attend 
any  school  during  the  year,  is  much  larger  than  in  other  towns  in  the 
State,  and  is  as  follows  : 

Absent  from  *db»Z,  Cumberland,  17.1  per  cent.  ;  North  Providence 
28.1  per  cent. :  Pawtucket,  18  per  cent. ;  Burrillville,  26.8  percent. ; 
Cranston,  15.8  per  cent. ;  Smithfield,  20.5  per  cent- 
It  is  a    startling   fact,  and    one  which    demands    the    earnest    and 

O 

immediate  attention  of  our  legislators,  and  of  everv  citizen,  that  so 
large  a  proportion  of  the  children  is  growing  up  m  ignorance.  It 
is  rf  special  importance  to  the  citizens  of  those  towns  like  North 
Providence,  and  Burrillville,  where  more  than  one-fourth  of  all  the 
children,  between  5  and  15  years  of  age,  did  not  attend  any  school 
during  a  whole  year. 


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CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

Recurring  to  the  table  on  page  39,  it  will  be  noticed  that  in  nine 
towns,  Harrington,  Little  Compton,  Middletown,  Newport,  New 
Shoreham,  East  Providence,  Foster,  Charlestown,  and  Exeter,  the 
number  who  had  attended  school  during  the  year,  is  greater  than 
the  whole  population  between  the  ages  of  5  and  15  years.  In  some 
other  towns,  the  number  of  absentees  from  school  is  very  small. 

With  the  exception  of  Newport,  these  are  all  towns ,  in  which 
there  are  very  few  children  of  foreign  parentage,  and  it  will  be  found, 
m  all  cases,  that  there  is  a  direct  relation  between  the  number  of 
absentees  from  school,  and  the  number  of  children  of  foreign 
parentage.  • 

The  exception  in  Newport  is  apparent,  not  real.  In  that  city,  the 
pupils  of  the  United  States  Naval  Academy,  located  there  at  that 
time,  were  included  among  the  persons  attending  select  schools,  in  the 
fourth  ward.  If  we  deduct*  these  from  the  number  reported  as 
attending  school,  it  leaves  a  considerable  percentage  of  absentees  from 
school  in  that  city.  In  the  fifth  ward,  where  the  largest  percentage 
of  foreign  population  resides,  more  than  16  per  cent,  of  the  children, 
between  5  and  15  years  of  age,  did  not  attend  school  during  the  year. 
The  particulars  relating  to  this  subject,  for  the  cities  of  Providence 
and  Newport,  by  wards,  are  given  in  table  XXIV",  on  page  40. 

It  is  certain  that  the  subject  is  of  the  utmost  importance  in  its  con- 
nection with  the  future  interests  of  the  State,  and  the  statistics 
obtained  by  the  census  furnish  the  data  for  a  better  understanding 
of  it. 

IGNORANCE. 

The  preceding  pages  have  shown  something  of  what  is  done,  and 
what  is  left  undone,  with/eference  to  the  education  of  the  rising  gen- 
eration. The  facts  they  have  given  relate  to  the  population  under 
the  age  of  15  years.  In  our  busy  community,  the  chances  are  that 
unless  an  education,  or  at  least  the  rudiments  of  an  education,  are 
obtained  before  the  age  of  15  years,  they  will  be  neglected  for  life. 
The  few  who  commence  the  rudiments  of  an  education,  after  that  age, 
must  be  considered  only  as  exceptions  to  the  general  rule. 

It  becomes,  then,  a  matter  of  great  interest  and  importance  to  the 
State,  to  know  how  many  of  its  population,  of  the  age  of  15  years 
and  over,  have  totally  neglected  or  failed  to  obtain  the  first  rudiments 
of  an  education : — how  many  can  neither  read  nor  write,  and  how 
many  can  read  but  cannot  write. 


IGNORANCE.  IxXV 

The  facts  upon  this  subject,  as  obtained  by  the  census  of  1865,  for 
each  town  in  Rhode  Island,  will  be  found  in  table  XXVI,  on  pages 
42  and  43  ;  and  for  each  ward  in  Providence  and  Newport,  on  page  44. 

It  seems  from  the  table  that  there  are  10,181  persons  in  the  State, 
of  the  age  of  15  years  or  over,  who  can  neither  read  nor  write, 
and  4,582  more,  who  can  read  but  cannot  write. 

If  we  refer  to  the  table  of  ages  of  the  population,  we  find  the 
number  of  persons  living  in  the  State,  of  the  age  of  15  years^  and 
over,  to  be  127,308.  It  appears,  therefore,  that  of  all  the  persons  in 
the  State,  of  these  ages,  one  in  12.5  can  neither  read  nor  write  ;  and 
after  deducting  those  who  can  neither  read  nor  write,  one  in  25.5  of 
the  remainder  can  only  read,  but  cannot  write. 

If  we  add  the  two  classes-  together,  we  find  there  are  14,763  per- 
sons in  the  State,  who  cannot  write.  This  is  one  in  8.6  of  the  whole 
number  of  persons  in  the  State,  of  the  age  of  15  years  and  over. 

It  is  probable  that  some  persons  will  be  surprised  toltnow  that 
more  than  one  in  nine  of  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  State,  who  have 
passed  the  age  when  the  rudiments  of  an  education  are  usually 
acquired,  are  unable  to  write  their  names  ;  and  that  more  than  one  in 
thirteen  can  neither  read  nor  write. 

When  we  recollect  that  the  probabilities  are,  that  the  greater  por- 
tion of  these  persons  will  remain  in  this  condition  of  ignorance 
through  lifc^,  the  subject  is  certainly  of  the  utmost  importance  in  its 
relations  to  the  future  welfare  of  the  State,  and  should  not  only  awaken 
the  deepest  solicitude  of  our  legislators  and  every  citizen,  but  should 
also  arouse  them  to  immediate  and  earnest  exertion.  • 

Much  more  may  be  .and  should  be  done,  than  is  done  at  the  present 
time,  to  educate  those  above  15  years'  of  age,  and  to  save  them  from 
a  life  of  ignorance  ;  and,  certainly,  much  greater  and  more  efficient 
exertions  may  be  made  to  prevent  truancy  and  absenteeism  from 
school,  and  thus  to  prevent  those  under  15  years  of  age  from  swelling 
the  ranks  of  ignorance. 

It  is  possible  that  some  persons  may,  without  reflection,  be  inclined 
to  doubt  the  correctness  of  the  figures  of  the  census,  upon  this  subject, 
particularly,  if  they  compare  them  with  those  of  the  United  States 
censuses  of  1850  and  1860. 

In  1850,  the  number  of  persons  in  Rhode  Island,  over  20  years  of 
age,  who  could  not  read  and  write,  was  given  as  3,607,  of  whom 


Ixxvi  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

];248  were  native,  and  2,359  were  foreign,  by  birth  ;  3,340  were 
whites,,  and  267  were  colored. 

In  1860,  the  number  reported  by  the  census,  who  could  not  read 
and  write,  over  20  years  of  age,  was  6,112.  Of  these  there  were 
1,202  natives  and  4,910  foreigners,  by  birth  ;  5,852  whites,  and  260 
colored. 

This  shows  a  large  increase  in  the  number  of  ignorant  persons,  from 
1850  to  1860,  and  from  1860  to  1865,  part  of  which,  in  the  latter 
period,  is  accounted  for  by  including  those  between  15  and  20  years 
of  age. 

When  we  recollect  the  natural  disinclination  to  ask  and  to  answer 
questions  upon  this  point,  it  must  be  certain  to  every  mind,  that  the 
figures  obtained  by  the  census,  do  not  exceed  the  truth.  On  the  con- 
trary, the  number  given  by  the  census,  who  cannot  read  and  write,  is 
undoubtedly  less  than  the  actual  number. 

Recurring  to  the  census  of  1865,  let  us  examine  more  particularly 
the  statistics  upon  this  subject,  and  endeavor  to  learn  more  exactly 
the  sources  and  causes  of  this  mass  of  ignorance. 

The  whole  number  of  persons  in  the  State,  in  1865,  who  could 
neither  read  nor  write,  was  10,181.  These  were  divided  among  the 
classes  of  the  population,  by  parentage,  as  follows : 

COULD    NEITHER    READ    NOR    WRITE. 

American  Parentage. 

Whites ' 1,085,  or  10.65  in  each  100  of  the  whole  nuniher. 

Blacks  ". ....'. 467,  or    4.59  in  each  100  of  the  whole  number. 


Total  American 1,552,  or  15.24  in  each  100  of  the  whole  number. 

Foreign  Parentage. 

Irish 7,313,  or  71.83  in  each  100  of  the  whole  number. 

English,  Scotch  and  Welsh 391,  or  3.84  in  eacli  100  of  the  whole  number. 

German .       44,  or  .43  "an  each  100  of  the  whole  number. 

Other  foreign 881,  or  8.66  in  each  100  of  the  whole  number. 


Total  foreign 8,629,  or  84.76  in  each  100  of  the  whole  number. 

Whole  number 10,181,  or  100.00. 

A  glance  at  these  figures  shows  at  once,  and  unmistakably,  the 
source  of  this  mass  of  ignorance,  and  indicates  the  direction  in  which 
efforts  should  be  made  for  its  removal.  Nearly  85  in  each  100  of 


IGNORANCE. 

those  over  15  years  of  age,  who  cannot  read  and  write,  are  of  foreign 
parentage,  leaving  15  in  each  100,  of  American  parentage. 

Of  the  whole  population  of  the  State,  63.4  in  each  100. are  of 
American,  and  36.6  are  of  foreign  parentage. 

The  larger  portion  of  these  persons  of  foreign  parentage,  who 
cannot  read  and  write,  is  of  foreign  birth,  and  they  are  persons  who,  in 
their  childhood,  did  not  enjoy  the  opportunities  for  education  that 
children  do  in  this  State.  Of  course,  their  ignorance  is  often  more 
their  misfortune  than  their  fault. 

Unfortunately  the  ignorance  of  parents,  in  connection  with  the 
open  opposition  of  their  spiritual  advisers  to  the  free  schools,  begets,  on 
the  part  of  a  considerable  portion  of  our  foreign  population,  a  great 
indifference,  or  even  opposition,  to  the  education  of  their  children. 
In  this  way,  there  is  great  danger  that  this  alarming  amount  of  igno- 
rance in  the  State,  will  be  perpetuated,  and  increased. 

The  preceding  figures  and  remarks  refer  to  the  actual  number  of 
persons,  in  the  State,  of  the  age  of  15  years  and  over,  who  cannot 
read  and  write,  and  show  what  proportion  of  the  whole"  number 
belongs  to  each  class  of  the  population  ;  but  they  do  not  show  the 
relative  proportions  which  belong  to  the  several  classes.  In  order  to 
show  this  exactly,  it  would  be  necessary  to  know  how  many  persons, 
of  the  age  of  15  years  and  over,  there  are  living  in  the  State,  in  each 
of  the  several  classes  of  the  population. 

This  we  are  unable  to  ,show  exactly,  from  our  tables,  and  here 
again  we  have  to  regret  that  a  table  was  not  prepared  showing  the 
ages  of  the  population,  by  parentage. 

We  may  ascertain  this,  approximately,  by  assuming  that  the  popu- 
lation of  foreign  birth  is  all  over  15  years  of  age,  and  by  deducting  the 
whole  number,  under  15,  from  the  population  born  in  the  United  States. 
Of  course,  this  is  not  exact;  but  it  is  probable  that  the  errors  will 
balance  each  other,  and  that  the  results  will  be  not  far  from  the 
truth. 

The  whole  population  of  the  State  is  184,965.  Born  in  the  United 
States,  145,262 ;  born  in  foreign  countries,  39,703.  The  whole 
number,  under  15  years  of  age,  is  57,657.  Deducting  this  number 
from  the  population  of  American  birth,  we  have,  of  the  age  of  15 
years  and  over,  in  the  State,  the  following  numbers  : 


Ixxviii  CENSUS  OF  RHODE  ISLAND,  1865. 

Americans,  87,605  ;  foreigners,  39,703  ;  total,  127,308.  Referring 
to  the  number  of  persons  in  Rhode  Island,  of  the  age  of  15  years 
and  over,  who  can  neither  read  nor  write,  we  have  the  following: 

Number  who  can 
Population  15  years  and  over.  neither  read  nor  write. 

Americans 87,605 1,552,  or  one  in    56.4 

Irish  '.  27,030 7,313,  or  one  in  3.7 

English,  Scotch  and  Welsh  7,881 391,  or  one  in  20.1 

Germans 897 44,  or  one  in  20.4 

Other  foreign 3,895 881,  or  one  in  4.4 


Total  foreign 39,703 8,629,  or  one  in      4.6 

All  classes 127,308 10,181,  or  one  in    12.5 

It  seems  .that  the  proportion  of  the  American  population,  of  the 
age  of  15  Tears  and  over,  who  can  neither  read  nor  write,  is  one  in 
56.4,  while  the  proportion  of  the  foreign  population  is  one  in  4.6. 

It  should  be  remembered  that  of  the  1,552  persons  of  the  age  of 
15  years'and  over,  of  American  parentage,  who  can  neither  read  nor 
write,  467,  or  30.1  per  cent,  are  colored  persons,  while  this  class 
comprises  only  3.5  per  cent,  of  the  population  of  American  pa- 
rentage. 

According  to  the  best  estimate  that  we  can  make,  in  relation  to  the 
number  of  whites,  and  colored,  of  American  parentage,  in  the  State, 
over  15  years  of  age,  we  have  the  following  results  : 


American  Population  Xumber  who  can 

Parentage.  15  years  and  over.  neither  read  nor  write. 

Whites 84,566 1,085,  or  one  in    78.0 

Colored 3,049 467,  or  one  in      6.5 


Total 87,605 ...  1,552,  or  one  in    66.4 

I  have  no  doubt  that  the  relative  proportions  of  persons  who  can 
neither  read  nor  write,  among  the  different  classes  of  the  population 
in  the  State,  as  given  above,  are  very  nearly  correct,  and  they  con- 
firm what  we  have  already  stated  in  relation  to  the  sources  of  the 
great  amount  of  ignorance  which  exists  in  the  community,  and  the 
direction  in  which  efforts  are  most  needed  for  its  removal  and 
prevention. 


WANT   OF    EDUCATION    IN    PROVIDENCE.  IxXlX 


WANT    OF    EDUCATION    IN    PROVIDENCE. 

A  table  is  given  on  page  38,  which  shows  the  ages  of  the  popula- 
tion, by  parentage,  in  the  City  of  Providence,  in  1865.  This  enables 
us  to  give  the  exact  figures  upon  this  subject,  for  that  city ;  and  as  a 
similar  table  of  ages  was  given  in  the  census  of  the  city,  in  1855,  we 
can  show  the.  statistics  for  the  two  periods,  though  the  different 
division  of  ages,  adopted  in  1855,  in  relation  to  those  who  can  neither 
read  nor  write,  prevents  exact  comparisons  on  the  subject.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  statistics  for  the  two  periods  : 

CITY    OF    PROVIDENCE,    1865. 

Population  Number  who  can 

Parentage.  Id  years  and  over.  neither  read  nor  write.'' 

American 23,009 163,  or  one  in    141.1 

Foreign   15,320 2,768,  or  one  in        5.5 


Total  38,329 2,931,  or  one  in      13.1 

CITY    OF    PROVIDENCE,    1855. 

Population  Number  who  can 

Parentage.  10  years  and  under  20.  neither  read  nor  write. 

American ....    5,322 8,  or  one  in    655.2 

Foreign ~ 3,617 420,  or  one  in        8.6 


Total 8,939 428,  or  one  in      20.9 

CITY    OF    PROVIDENCE,    ISoo. 

Population  Number  who  can 

Parentage.  20  years  and  over.  neither  read  nor  write. 

American 16,294 105,  or  one  in    155.1 

Foreign 10,471 2,134,  or  one  in        4.9 

Total 26,765 ...    2,239,  or  one  in      11.9 

As  near  as  we  can  judge  from  these  figures,  there  would  seem  to 
have  been  a  slight  improvement,  in  respect  to  the  want  of  education, 
among  the  foreign  population  of  Providence,  during  the  ten  years, 
from  1855  to  1865. 

In  connection  with  the  subject  of  the  want  of  education  among  the 
people,  Kthe  returns  of  marriages  furnish  sorne^  interesting  statistics. 
The  marriage  law  of  Rhode  Island  requires  the  parties  about  to  be 
married,  to  sign  their  names  to  the  return  of  the  marriage.  Those 
who  cannot  write,  sign  with  their  mark. 


IxXX  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

In  the  City  of  Providence,  the  statistics  upon  this  subject,  are  col- 
lected and  published  in  the  annual  reports  of  the  City  Registrar. 
The  following  are  the  aggregate  results,  in  Providence,  for  the  seven 
years,  1859  to  1865  inclusive : 

Whole  Signed 

1859 — 1865.  number  married.  with  a  mark. 

'  Males  of  American  birth 2,721 102,  or  one  in  26.7 

Females  of  American  birth 2,694 155,  or  one  in  17.3 


Total  of  American  birth 5,415 :   257,  or  one  in  21.1 

Males  of  foreign  birth 1,662 G51,  or  one  in     2.5 

Females  of  foreign  birth .«.  1,689 961,  or  one  in     1.8 

Total  of  foreign  birth 3,351 1,612,  or  one  in     2.1 

About  two-thirds  of  those  persons  of  American  birth,  who  signed 
with  a  mark,  were  colored,  or  children,  born  in  this  country,  of  foreign 
parents. 

Referring  to  the  census  of  1865,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  propor- 
tion of  persons,  of  the  age  of  15  years  and  over,  who  can  neither 
read  nor  write,  is  considerably  greater  in  the  whole  State,  including 
the  city,  than  in  the  City  of  Providence  alone. 

Thus,  the  proportion  of  persons  of  American  parentage  who  can 
neither  read  nor  write,  is  one  in  56.4,  in  the  whole  State  ;  and  one 
in  141.1  in  the  city. 

The  proportion  of  persons  of  foreign  parentage,  who  can  neither 
read  nor  write,  is  one  in  4.6  in  the  whole  State ;  and  one  in  5.5  in 
the  city. 

If  Ave  separate  the  statistics  for  the  city,  from  those  for  the  State, 
the  results  are  as  follows  : 

Can  neither  read  nor  write,  15  years  and  over. 

Americans in  Providence,  one  in  141.1 ;  in  rest  of  the  State,  one  in  46.5 

Foreign in  Providence,  one  in      5.5;  in  rest  of  the  State,  one  in    4.1 

It  is  probable  that  the  superior  school  accommodations  in  Provi- 
dence, as  compared  with  the  more  thinly  populated  towns,  have  some 
influence  in  decreasing  the  percentage  of  ignorance  in  the  city.  The 
winter  evening  schools,  in  Providence,  have  also  met  with  a  wonderful 
success,  and  have  been  of  incalculable  utility  by  furnishing  large 
numbers  of  persons,  over  15  years  of  age,  with  the  rudiments  of  an 
education. 


DEAF    AND    DUMB,    BLIND;    INSANE,    ETC.  Ixxxi 

Tn  the  preceding;  remarks  upon  this  subject,  we  have  omitted  those 
reported  in  the  census  of  1865,  who  could  read,  but  could  not  write. 
If  these  are  added  to  the  number  who  could  neither  read  nor  write, 
we  have  the  number  who  cannot  write,  and  the  percentage  of  igno- 
rance is  considerably  increased. 

Reviewing  this  subject,  and  considering  it  in  connection  with  the 
subject  of  absence  from  school,  a  few  conclusions  may  be  summed  up, 
as  follows : 

1.  A   greater  proportion  of  the   truancy  and   absenteeism   from 
school,  is  among  the  children  of  foreign   parentage,  and  is  greater  in 
the  country  towns,  which  have  a  large  foreign  population,  than  in  the 
City  of  Providence. 

2.  The  greater  portion  of  those  in  the  State,  who  cannot  read  and 
write,  is  among  the  foreign  population,  and,  chiefly,  among  those  born 
in  foreign  countries. 

3.  The  colored  population,  which  includes  many  who  have  come 
to  the  State  from  the  South,  furnishes,  in  proportion  to  its  numbers,  a 
very  large  percentage  of  persons  who  can  neither  read  nor  write. 

4.  It  is  evident  that  the  subject  should  arrest  attention,  and  excite 
immediate   and  efficient  action    in   every  portion  of  the  State,  and 
especially  in  those  towns  which   have  a  large  foreign   population,  and 
have  not  sufficient,  nor  easily  accessible  school  accommodations  for  all 
their  population. 

DEAF    AND    DUMB,    BLIND,    INSANE,    ETC. 

Table  XXV,  on  page  41,  shows  the  number  in  1865,  as  reported 
by  the  census,  of  deaf  and  dumb,  blind,  insane,  idiotic,  paupers,  and 
convicts,  in  each  town  and  county  in  the  State. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  more  than  half  the  insane,  in  the  State,  and 
nearly  all  the  convicts,  are  in  the  City  of  Providence,  where  the 
Butler  Hospital  for  the  insane,  and  the  State  prison,  are  located. 

The  facts  respecting  the  condition  and  numbers  of  the  several 
classes  of  the  population,  referred  to  in  the  table,  are  more  fully 
shown  in  the  annual,  and  in  special  reports  to  the  General  Assembly, 
than  in  the  returns  of  the  census.  It  is  not,  therefore,  important  to 
dwell  upon  the  subject  in  this  report. 

n 


IxXXli  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

It  will  be  sufficient  to  give  tlie  following,  which  shows  the  numbers 
of  the  several  classes,  in  the  whole  State,  as  returned  by  the  censuses 
of  1850,  1860,  and  1865  : 

In  Rhode  Island.  1850.  1860.  1865. 

Deaf  and  Dumb  '. 65 56 89 

Blind 67 85 120 

Insane 217 288     287 

Idiotic 114 101 140 

Paupers not  stated 613 543 

Convicts not  stated 181 114 

It  is  probable  that  there  are  omissions  in  the  returns  of  some  of 
these  classes  of  the  population,  and  that  the  numbers  should  be  larger 
than  given. 

NATURALIZED   VOTERS. 

The  table,  on  page  45,  shows  the  number,  in  each  town  in  the 
State,  of  persons  born  in  foreign  countries,  who  have  become  voters, 
under  the  constitution  and  laws  of  Rhode  Island. 

The  whole  number  in  the  State,  as  reported  by  the  census  of  1865, 
was  1,260.  Three-fourths  of  the  whole  number  were  natives  of 
Ireland.  More  than  one-third  of  all  were  in  the  City  of  Providence. 
In  four  towns,  Harrington,  Jamestown,  Charlestown,  and  Exeter, 
none  were  reported  ;  and  in  four  other  towns,  West  Greenwich, 
Middletown,  Tiverton,  and  North  Kingstown,  there  was  only  one  each. 

According  to  a  table  on  page  28,  the  proportion  of  males  and 
females,  among  the  population  of  foreign  birth,  in  the  City  of  Provi- 
dence, was  42.6  males,  and  57.4  females  in  each  100.  If  the  same 
proportion  holds  good  throughout  the  State,  there  are  "in  Rhode 
Island,  16,910  males,  and  22,793  females,  born  in  foreign  countries. 

Of  the  16,910  males,  1,260  are  voters,  or  one  in  13.4  of  the  whole 
number.  As  the  greater  portion  of  these  males  of  foreign  birth,  are 
more  than  21  years  of  age,  it  is  probably  true  that  not  more  than  one 
in  twelve  or  thirteen  of  the  males  of  foreign  birth,  over  21  years  of 
age,  are  voters  in  Rhode  Island. 

These  1,260  naturalized  voters  are  all  owners  of  real  estate,  and  as 
the  whole  foreign  population  of  the  State,  by  birth,  male  and  female, 
is  only  39,703,  it  seems  that,  at  least,  one  in  31.5  of  the  whole 
number  is  an  owner  of  real  estate.  If  we  take  the  whole  population 
of  American  birth,  men,  women,  and  children,  it  is  doubtful  if  the 
owners  of  real  estate  compose  a  greater  proportion  than  this. 


MILITARY    AND    NAVAL    SERVICE. 


MILITARY    AND    NAVAL    SERVICE. 

In  taking  the  census  of  1865,  provision  was  made  for  ascertaining 
how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  town  in  the  State,  who  were 
living,  June  1,  1865,  were  at  that  time,  or  had  been  since  1860,  in 
the  military  or  naval  service  of  the  United  States  ;  and  also,  the 
States  in  which  they  had  enlisted. 

The  statistics  obtained  upon  this  subject,  are  given  in  tables  XXX, 
and  XXXI,  on  pages  47  and  48. 

Of  course,  the  number  reported  in  the  whole  State,  bears  no  rela- 
tion to  the  whole  number  of  troops  furnished  by  the  State,  as  the 
number  furnished  by  the  State,  included  many  from  other  States. 

But  with  reference  to  the  inhabitants  of  each  town  and  county, 
who  enlisted  in  the  army  or  navy,  the  tables  give  some  facts  which 
may  be  of  interest. 

The  whole  number  of  inhabitants  of  the  State,  who  enlisted  in  the 
army  and  navy,  as  reported  by  the  census,  was  7,521. 

The  number  and  proportion  to  the  whole  population  of  each  county, 
were  as  follows : 

Bristol  County population,  8,469 ;  enlisted,     846,  or  one  in  24.5 

Kent          "       population,  15,319  ;  enlisted,     639,  or  one  in  24.0 

Newport    "       population,  20,687  ;  enlisted,    607,  or  one  in  34.1 

Providence  County,  Towns population,  67,427;  enlisted,  2,829,  or  one  in  23.8 

Providence  City population,  54,595;  enlisted,  2,499,  or  one  in  21.8 

Washington  County population,  18,468  ;  enlisted,    601,  or  one  in  30.7 

Whole  State population,  184,965 ;  enlisted,  7,521,  or  one  in  24.6 

A  comparison  of  the  proportions  in  the  several  towns  of  the  State, 
would  show  much  greater  differences  than  these  ;  but  of  course,  with 
the  same  desire  to  enlist,  the  proportion  which  would  do  so,  would 
depend  upon  the  proportion  of  males  living,  within  the  ages  suitable 
for  military  service. 

The  tables  prepared  from  the  census  returns,  do  not  show  the 
number  living  between  the  military  limits,  18  to  45  ;  but  we  may 
ascertain,  approximately,  the  proportions  which  enlisted,  in  different 
parts  of  the  State,  by  taking  the  number  of  males  between  the  ages 
of  20  and  50,  as  shown  in  table  XXI. 

The  number  of  males,  between  the  ages  of  20  and  50,  in  each 
county  of  the  State,,  in  1865;  and  the  number  and  proportion,  who 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

enlisted  in  the  army  and  navy  during  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  were 
as  follows  : 

Male  Population  Enlisted 

Counties.  20  to  50.  Army  ami  Navy. 


Bristol  

...   1,608.... 

346  ;  one  in  4.6,  or  21.5    percent. 

Kent  

...  2,900  

...     639  ;  one  in  4.5,  or  22.0    per  cent. 

Newport  

.  ..  4,152.... 

...     607;  one  in  6.8,  or  14.6    percent. 

Providence  Countv,  Towns  .  .  . 

..13,730.... 

2,829  ;  one  in  4.8,  or  20.6    per  cent. 

Providence  City  

...11,599.... 

.  .  .  .  2,499;  one  in  4.6,  or  21.5    per  cent. 

Washington  

...   3,485  ... 

601  ;  one  in  5.8,  or  17.2    per  cent. 

Whole  State..  :   37,474 7,521 ;  one  in  4.9,  or  20.1    percent. 

The  full  statistics  in  relation  to  the  whole  number  of  troops  f.ur- 
nished  by  the  State,  are  shown  more  completely  by  reports  presented 
to  the  General  Assembly,  and  from  other  sources,  than  by  the 
returns  of  the  census. 

It  should  be  remembered  that  the  number  of  inhabitants  of  the 
State,  reported  by  the  census  as  having  enlisted  in  the  army  and 
navy,  includes  only  those  who  were  living  on  the  first  day  of  June, 
1865.  Those  who  had  enlisted,  and  had  lost  their  lives  during  the 
war,  are  not  included. 

Table  XXXI  shows  in  what  States  the  inhabitants  of  Rhode  Island 
enlisted,  who  served  in  the  army  and  navy.  Of  the  whole  number, 
(7,521,)  who  enlisted,  6,365  enlisted  in  Rhode  Island  regiments,  and 
1,156  in  regiments  of  other  States.  There,  were  576  in  Massachu- 
setts regiments,  231  in  New  York  regiments,  and  133  in  Connecticut 
regiments.  The  remainder  were  divided  among  the  regiments  of  21 
different  States,  besides  2  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  26  in  the 
United  States  "  Regulars,"  and  2  in  the  rebel  service. 

OCCUPATIONS. 

The  occupations  of  persons  of  the  age  of  15  years  and  over,  in 
Rhode  Island,  as  reported  by  the  census  of  1865,  are  given  in  table 
XXXII,  pages  49  to  51  inclusive. 

The  following  shows  the  number  of  persons  reported  as  engaged 
in  several  of  the  most  prominent  occupations,  in  Rhode  Island,  by 
the  national  census  of  1860,  and  by  the  State  census  of  1865  : 

Occupations.                                                                                                1860.  1865. 

Blacksmiths 653.. 861 

Bakers   * 130.. 182 

Book-keepers 378 

Butchers..                                                                                         252..  299 


OCCUPATIONS.  IXXXV 

Occupations.  I860.  1865. 

Carpenters 2,137 2,457 

Cigar  makers 205 227 

Clergymen 231 230 

Clerks 1,783 1,927 

Dressmakers 692 

Engineers 210 311 

Farmers 10,385 10,754 

Fishermen 322 497 

Gardeners 223 271 

Gunsmiths 28 330 

Grocers- 566 631 

Jewelers 1,407 1,215 

Laborers 7,360 5,440 

La W3~ers   ... 96 124 

Machinists 1,630 2,193 

Merchants ". 754 1,155 

Mariners 1,085     1,070 

Masons 646 767 

Moulders 410 441 

Millers 87 120 

Operatives  (all  kinds) 6,650. 13,604 

Painters  and  Glaziers '    752... " 708 

Physicians 221 251 

Printers 152 196 

Servants     4,916 3,503 

Shoemakers 555 513 

Silversmiths 144 175 

Stone  Cutters 237 258 

Students 477 312 

Tailors  and  Tailoresses 895 828 

Tanners  and  Curriers 27     *   89 

Teachers 753 856 

Teamsters 651 692 

Tinsmiths 161 130 

Wheelwrights 150 154 

The  number  of  different  occupations,  given  by  the  census  of  1865, 
was  348,  and  the  number  of  persons  whose  occupation  was  given,  was 
65,059. 

In  the  United  States  census  of  1860,  the  number  of  different  occu- 
pations given,  in  Rhode  Isjand,  was  264,  and  the  number  of  persons 
whose  occupation  was  given,  was  62,886. 

Tables  of  occupations,  in  censuses,  are  extremely  unsatisfactory,  on 
account  of  the  impossibility  of  obtaining  uniformity  in  the  manner  of 
reporting  the  occupations.  For  reasons  given,  and  suggested,  on  page 
52.  the  returns  of  occupations,  by  the  census  of  1865,  are  not  given 
with  as  much  minuteness,  as  some  might  desire  ;  and,  for  the  same  rea- 
sons, I  do  not  consider  it  important  to  dwell  upon  the  subject  at  this  time. 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


III.      COMMENTS  UPON  THE  TABLES,—  CONTINUED. 

2.       AGRICULTURAL    STATISTICS. 

The  statistics  of  the  agricultural  interests,  and  productions  of  Rhode 
Island,  as  returned  by  the  census  of  1865,  will  be  found  in  Tables 
XXXIII  and  XXXIV,  on  pages  54  to  64  inclusive. 

These  statistics  were  collected  for  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865; 
and  the  value  of  farms,  number  of  cattle  and  some  other  items  are 
for  that  date.  Some  of  the  minor  crops  are  given  for  the  year  1865, 
while  the  figures  given  for  the  principal  products,  represent  the  crops 
of  the  year  1864. 

A  slight  examination  of  the  figures  given  in  the  table,  will  be 
sufficient  to  show  that  the  agricultural  interests  of  Rhode  Island  com- 
prise no  unimportant  portion  of  the  industrial  pursuits  of  the  State. 
An  industry  which  has  $24,389,242  invested  in  "farms  including 
buildings"  ;  12,666,488,  in  "stock"  ;  and  $717,127  in  "tools  and  im- 
plements" ;  and  which  employs  10,764  "farmers,"  is  certainly  not  an  • 
unimportant  item  in  a  State  of  little  more  than  1,000  square  miles  of 
territory,  though  the  figures  may  not  approach  in  magnitude,  those  of 
the  States  of  the  West,  which.  are  many  times  larger  in  territory. 

We  have  already  intimated  the  opinion  that,  in  New  England,  a 
community  which  depends  exclusively  upon  general  farming,  cannot  be 
expected  to  increase  in  population,  to  any  great  extent.  In  this 
respect,  New  England  must  yield  to  the  more  abundant  lands,  the 
richer  soil,  and  the  more  favorable  climate  of  the  West. 

We  have  also  said,  that  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  Rhode  Island, 
so  far  at  least  as  relates  to  population,  has,  for  many  years,  depended 
chiefly  upon  its  manufacturing  interests. 

While  this  is  true,  it  may  also  be  said,  that  in  Rhode  Island,  the 
growth  and  prosperity  of  the  agricultural  interests  themselves  have 
depended,  chiefly,  upon  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the  manufactur- 
ing interests. 

The  results  of  the  growth  of  manufactures  have  been  that  the 
cities  have  been  increased,  numerous  villages  have  been  built  up, 
home  markets  for  every  variety  of  agricultural  products  have  been 
multiplied,  and  though  the  character  of  the  crops,  and  the  modes  of 
farming  operations  have  been  somewhat  changed,  it  is  probable  that 


AGRICULTURAL    STATISTICS. 


Ixxxvii 


never  before  were  agricultural  pursuits  so  well  remunerated,  and  of 
so  much  importance  in  Rhode  Island,  as  at  the  present  time. 

Let  us  then  examine  the  returns  of  agricultural  products,  in  Rhode 
Island,  as  given  by  the  census  of  1865.  We  must  leave  to  those 
interested,  the  study  of  the  returns  for  each  town  and  division  of  the 
State,  and  confine  ourselves  to  the  aggregates  for  the  State  as  a  whole. 

In  the  first  place  it  may  be  of  interest  to  compare  the  statistics  of 
the  census  of  18(35,  with  those  obtained  by  the  previous  national 
censuses. 

The  following  shows  the  aggregates   of  the   several   items,  in  the 

O  O™          ~ 

whole  State,  as  obtained  by  the  national  censuses  of  1850  and  1860, 
and  bv  the  State  census  of  1865 : 


Items. 

1865. 

I860. 

1850. 

Farmers,  number  

10,754  

10,385  

8,398 

Acres  improved,  number  

:.          291,486  

335,128  

356,487 

Acres  unimproved,  number  

201,090  

186,096  

197,451 

Farms,  3  acres  and  over,  number. 

6,280  

5,364  

Not  stated. 

Farms  and  buildings,  value  

.  §24,389,242  

$19,550,553  

§17,070,802 

Stock,  value   

.     $2,666,488  

$2,042,044  

§1,532,637 

Tools  and  implements,  value.  .    .  . 

$717,127  

§586,791  

$497.201 

Hay  produced,  tons  

75,894  

82,722  

74,818 

Clover  seed,  pounds  

4,712  

1,221  

1,328 

Other  grass  seed,  busltels   

2,404  

4,237  

3,708 

Wheat,  bushels  

753  

1,131  

49 

Rye,  bushels  

29,161  

28,259  

26,409 

Indian  corn,  bushels  

466,633  

461,497  

539,201 

Oats,  bushels  

175,944  

244,453  

•     215,232 

Irish  potatoes,  bushels  

710,627  

542,909  

651,029 

Sweet  potatoes,  bushels  

284  

946  

Barley,  bushels  , 

46,500  

40,993  

18,875 

Buckwheat,  bushels  

2,369  

3,573  

1,245 

Horses,  number  

11,133  

7,121  

6,168 

Asses  and  Mules,  ndmber  

71  

10  

1 

Sheep,  number  

40,717  

32,624  

44,296 

Wool,  pounds  

114,781  

90,699  

129,692 

Swine,  number  

16,269  

17,478  

19,509 

Milch  Cows,  number  

17,518  

19,700  

28,698 

Working  Oxen,  number  

6,133  

7,857  

8,189 

Other  cattle,  number  

8,143  

11,548  

9,375 

Cattle  sold  or  killed,  during  year. 

1758,463  

$711,723  

§667,486 

Butter,  pounds  

857,466  

1,021,767  

995.670 

Cheese,  pounds  

136,130  

181,511  

316,508 

Milk  sold,  gallons   

2,223,272  

1,297,753  

Not  stated. 

Tobacco  raised  pounds              .    . 

33548  

705  

Wine,  gallons  . 

3,401  

507  

1,013 

Orchard  products,  value  

$143,585  

§83,691  

§63,994 

Ixxxviii                      CENSUS  OF  RHODE  ISLAND,  isoo. 

Items.  1865.             I860.               1850. 

Market-garden  products,  value $341,831 §140,291   $98,298 

Onions,  bushels 152,603 Hil.764 Not  stated. 

Carrots,  bushels, 90,020 1  £2,639 " 

Beets,  bushels 25,600 Not  stated "        " 

Turnips,  all  kinds,  bushels 202,480 "        "      "        " 

Green  peas,  bushels 14,077 "        "      "        " 

String  beans,  bushels 7,631   "         "       "         " 


6,347 

277 
85 


Strawberries  quarts       ... 

66  492     . 

«        « 

Eggs  and  poultry,  value  

$311  794.    .      . 

$173416  

Poultry  on  hand,  value  
Honey  produced,  pounds.  .  ,  

$129,187  
14,830  

$69,642  
5,261  

Hops,  pounds   

679  

50  

Flax,  pounds   

245     .  .    . 

Peat  due,  cords  . 

.     9.522.., 

2.235  . 

Manures  bought,  value §111,219 Not  stated 


It  will  be  seen  that  tho  census  of  1865  gives  a  considerable  number 
of  items,  some  of  them  quite  important,  which  were  not  given  in  the 
national  censuses.  Several  of  the  items  named  above,  in  the  census 
of  1860,  were  obtained  through  the  effort's  of  the  "Rhode  Island 
Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Domestic  Industry,"  and  are  not 
given  in  the  report  of  the  census  by  the  United  States  Government. 
The  importance  of  these  and  of  other  items  not  obtained  by  the 
national  census,  is  shown  in  the  report  made  to  the  General  Assembly, 
by  a  Committee  of  the  Rhode  Island  Society. 

Those  who  examine  the  preceding  list  of  agricultural  statistics  will 
find  some  apjiarent  discrepancies,  which,  however,  are  susceptible  of 
explanation.  For  example,  the  number  of  horses  reported  in  1860, 
was  4,012  less  than  in  1865.  The  number  given  for  1860,  included 
only  horses  on  farms,  while  in  1865,  the  number  was  intended  to 
include  all  ttie  horses  in  the  State.  An  additional  census  taken  in 
1860,  tinder  the  direction  of  the  u  Rhode  Island  Society  for  the 
Encouragement  of  Domestic  Industry,"  reported  4,938  horses  in  the 
State,  "  not  on  farms."  If  we  add  these  to  the  number  reported  by 
the  national  census,  it  makes  12,059  horses  in  1860,  or  a  greater 
number  than  in  1865.. 

But  if  we  look  at  the  returns,  by  towns,  for  1865,  it  is  evident 
that  in  some  towns  the  horses  were  not  all  reported.  Newport, 
which  probably  has  seven  or  eight  hundred  horses,  reported  only 
60,  which  included  only  .tlie  number  on  farms. 


AGRICULTURAL    STATISTICS. 

Other  similar,  apparent  errors,  might  be  named  and  explained  ; 
but  it  is  not  necessary.  We  may  remark,  generally,  that  it  is  well 
known  that  the  figures  obtained  by  a  census,  in  relation  to  these  sub- 
jects, are  never  exactly  correct.  Some  persons,  knowing  this  fact, 
are  inclined  to  reject  the  results,  and  disparage  the  value  of  all  census 
returns. 

This  would  be  a  serious  mistake.  Though  the  items  of  a  census 
may  not  be  precisely  accurate,  they  are  generally  less  than  the  truth, 
and  the  results  are  not  exaggerated.  Besides,  the  errors  are  similar 
in  different  censuses,  and,  to  some  extent,  correct  each  other,  so  that 
an  examination  of  the  aggregates  for  a  State,  and  particularly  a  com- 
parison of  the  returns  for  different  years,  will  show  that  the  errors 
are  unimportant,  and  that  the  general  results  may  safely  be  considered 
as  reliable. 

If  we  examine  the  preceding  table  comparing  the  results  of  three 
censuses,  we  find  abundant  evidence  that  the  comparative  results  cor- 
respond with  our  general  knowledge  of  the  facts,  and  are  therefore 
probably  true. 

For  example,  the  increase,  from  1860  to  1865,  in  the  value  of 
farms,  stock,  tools,  &c.,  corresponds  with  our  general  knowledge  of 
the  rise  in  nominal  value  of  these  items  ;  the  increase  in  the  A-alue  of 
the  products  of  orchards,  of  market-gardens,  of  poultry,  eggs,  &c., 
is  what  we  would  expect  from  the  great  increase  in  the  prices  of  these 
articles,  and  the  consequent  increase  in  production  ;  the  increase  in 
the  number  of  sheep,  and  in  the  amount  of  wool,  and  the  decrease 
in  the  number  of  cattle  and  in  the  amount  of  butter  and  cheese, 
between  1860  and  1865,  correspond  with  our  general  information 
upon  the  subject ;  and,  finally,  the  enormous  increase  in  the  quantity 
of  tobacco  raised,  is  just  what  would  be  expected  from  the  circum- 
stances in  which  we  have  been  placed. 

These,  and  many  other  particulars  which  might  be  named,  cor- 
roborate our  general  knowledge  of  the  subject,  from  other  sources, 
and  confirm  our  opinion,  that  the  general  results  of  the  census  are 
reliable,  and  worthy  of  confidence,  even  though  some  errors  may  be 
found  in  the  particulars. 

Recurring  to  the  agricultural  statistics,  obtained  by  the  census  of 
1865,  let  us  examine  the  values  represented  in  the  items  given.  We 
have  obtained  an  estimate,  intended  to  be  low,  in  relation  to  the  items 

12 


XC  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

the  value  of  which  is  not  stated  in  the  table,  "and  the  general  results 
may  be  given  for  the  whole  State  as  follows  : 

STATE    OF   RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

Farms,  buildings,  &c.,  value . .   .$24,389,242 

Sheep  and  cattle,  value 2,066,488 

Horses,  mules,  and  swine,  value 1,547,125 

Poultry  on  hand,  value 129,187 

Tools  and  implements,  value 717,127 

Total  invested $29,449,169 

PRODUCTIONS    FOR   THE    YEAR. 

Crops,  hot  specified  below,  value §5,657,489 

Cattle  sold  and  killed,  value  758,463 

Orchard  products,  value 143,585 

Market-garden  products,  value 341,831 

Garden  seeds,  value  12,917 

Eggs,  poultry,  and  miscellaneous,  value 675,794 

Total,  productions , S7,590,079 

The  large  sums  given  in  the  table  on  page  54,  for  the  value  of 
farms  in  Providence  and  Newport,  do  not  fairly  represent  their  value 
for  agricultural  purposes,  and  some  deduction  should  be  made  on  this 
account,  for  a  correct  understanding  of  the  subject. 

The  tables  of  agricultural  statistics  show  the  average  yield  per 
acre,  in  Rhode  Island,  of  some  of  the  crops  named.  They  are  as 
follows : 

Hay 101,243  acres,     75.894  tons  ;        average,  0.75  of  a  ton. 

Wheat 53  acres,         753  bushels  ;  average,  14.2  bushels. 

Rye 2,634  acres,     29,161  bushels  ;  average,  Fl.l  bushels. 

Corn 16,518  acres,  466,633  bushels ;  average,  28.2  bushels. 

Oats 6,308  acres,  175,944  bushels  ;  average,  27.9  bushels. 

Potatoes 7,602  acres,  710,627  bushels ;  average,  93.4  bushels. 

In  the  statistics  for  Rhode  Island,  obtained  by  the  "  Society  for  the 
Encouragement  of  Domestic  Industry,"  in  1860,  the  averages 
obtained  for  a  few  products  were  as  follows  :  Corn,  27  bushels  per 
acre;  rye,  15  bushels;  oats,  26  bushels;  hay,  1.05  tons;  carrots, 
500  bushels ;  onions,  354  bushels ;  barley,  22  bushels. 

More  attention  should  be  given  to  this  subject  in  censuses,  and  we 
should  be  able  to  show  the  average  amount  per  acre,  of  all  our  crops, 


AGRICULTURAL    STATISTICS.  XC1 

with  the  cost  of  production,  and  other  particulars.  Though  it  is  con- 
trary to  the  common  opinion,  I  have  no  doubt  that  the  average  yield 
per  acre,  of  some  of  the  items  which  constitute  the  principal  crops  of 
the  Western  States,  is  greater  in  New  England  than  in  those  States ; 
though  the  greater  cost  of  production  in  New  England,  may  render 
the  crops  less  profitable. 

We  have  before  us  the  report  of  the  census  taken  by  the  State  of 
Iowa,  in  1865,  and  from  it,  make  the  following  comparisons  which 
confirm  this  opinion.  The  crops  are  for  the  same  year,  and  the 
average  products  per  arre  in  the  two  States,  are  as  follows : 

Rhode  Island.  Iowa. 

Hay,  per  acre  0.75  of  a  ton   0.84  of  a  ton. 

Wheat,  Spring,    (  ,,  2 ,      ,    ,       ? 8.6  bushels. 

Wheat,  Winter,    > ' 14  els'    { 9.5  bushels. 

Eye 11.1  bushels 13.5  bushels. 

Corn 28.2  bushels 28.0  bushels. 

Oats ' 27.9  bushels 27.5  bushels. 

Potatoes 93.4  bushels 67.9  'bushels. 

The  average  of  wool  was  the  same  in  both  States,  2.8  pounds  to 
each  sheep. 

It  is  probable  that'  the  average  yield  of  some  of  these  crops  is  less 
in  Rhode  Island  than  in  the  other  New  England  States. 

In  the  report  of  the  census  of  Iowa,  the  average  yield  per  acre  is 
given  by  counties,  and  varies  greatly  in  different  portions  of  the  State. 
The  extremes  reported  in  the  several  counties,  are  as  follows  : 

Spring  wheat from  2.90  lowest,  to  23.24  highest,  bushels,  per  acre. 

Winter  wheat from  4.91  lowest,  to  34.77  highest,  bushels,  per  acre. 

Oats from  1.73  lowest,  to  41.70  highest,  bushels,  per  acre. 

Corn  from  3.51  lowest,  to  52.22  highest,  bushels,  per  acre. 

Rye from  3.37  lowest,  to  21 .45  highest,  bushels,  per  acre. 

Potatoes from  16. 10  lowest,  to  153.92  highest,  bushels,  per  acre. 

The  tables  of  agricultural  statistics  of  the  census  of  Rhode  Island  in 
1865,  contain  many  items  which  it  would  be  interesting  to  exam  ne, 
and  the  examination  of  which  would  be  of  utility  to  the  interests  of 
agriculture  in  the  State. 

But  the  full  investigation  of  the  subject  would  require  too  much 
space  for  this  report ;  and,  besides,  it  would  better  be  done  by  those 
whose  familiarity  with  'the  subject  renders  them  better  qualified  to  do 
it  justice.  We  commend  the  study  of  the  tables  to  those  persons. 


XC11  CENSUS    OF    RHODE   ISLAND,    1865. 

III.     COMMENTS  UPON  THE  TABLES.— CONTINUED. 

,3.       FISHERIES,    AND    SHORE    STATISTICS. 

The  products  of  the  fisheries,  and  the  shore  statistics  of  Rhode 
Island,  as  reported  by  the  census  of  1865,  will  be  found  in  Table 
XXXV,  pages  65  to  70  inclusive. 

These  statistics  are  a  novelty  in  census  returns  in  this  country. 
Though  of  great  importance  in  some  States,  no  account  of  them  has 
been  obtained  by  the  national  censuses.  Their  importance  in  Rhode 
Island  induced  the  "  Rhode  Island  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of 
Domestic  Industry"  to  make  an  attempt,  in  1860,  to  obtain  some  of 
the 'statistics  relating  to  them. 

The  results  obtained  at  that  time  were  presented  to  the  General 
Assembly,  in  a  report  from  the  Society  which  was  published  in  1861. 

The  following  extracts  from  this  report  show  the  importance  of 
these  statistics  in  Rhode  Island,  and  the  success  of  the  Society  in  its 
attempt  to  obtain  them  : 

u  While  the  continental  shore  line  of  Rhode  Island  is  only  45  miles, 
it  has  320  miles  of  shore  washed  by  the  ebbing  and  flowing  tides. 
Five  out  of  the  thirty-two  towns  that  compose  the  State,  are  situated 
on  islands.  The  bays  embraced  within  the  State  abound  with  fish, 
many  kinds  of  which  are  fitted  for  food,  while  others  are  only  used 
for  the  manufacture  of  fish  oil,  and  for  manures.  The  shores  and 
shoals  of  these  bays  and  of  the  extensive  salt  ponds  near  the  southern 
coast,  abound  with  shell-fish.  Besides  this,  every  ebbing  tide  leaves, 
on  almost  every  portion  of  these  shores,  a  rich  and  valuable  deposit 
of  sea-weed  and  drift." 

"  The  annual  value  of  the  product  of  these  salt  ivaters,  has  never 
been  ascertained.  The  committee  deemed  it  'worth  an  attempt  to 
procure  it.  These  products  are  of  great  value  and  importance. 
They  are  secured  at  an  outlay  of  time  and  labor,  very  small  compared 
with  their  value.  Many  families  derive  a  large  part  of  their  support 
from  them.  The  amount  of  fish  exported  for  food  is  very  large,  while 
other  varieties  are  exported  in  larger  quantities  for  manure,  or  to  be 
manufactured  into  special  manures,  which  are  returned  to  the  State, 
under  long  and  learned  names,  as  special  fertilizers." 

u  To  ascertain  the    value   and  amount  of  the   various   products  of 
these  salt  waters,  the  committee  instituted  inquiries." 
"  They  regret  to  report  that  the  returns  made  are  not  so  full,  nor  as 
they  believe,  so  accurate  as  they  desired.     Some  of  the  assistant  mar- 
shals construed  the  queries  to  extend  only  to  the  quantities  taken  and 


FISHERIES,    AND    SHORE    STATISTICS.  XC111 

sold.  Others  have  almost  entirely  omitted  all  returns  on  the  sub- 
ject." "  The  committee,  however,  are  "satisfied  that 
they  have  commenced  the  inquiry.  They  did  not  expect  full  and 
accurate  returns,  but  they  have  obtained  enough  to  show  the  great 
importance  of  the  inquiry,  and  thereby  to  secure  future  attention 
to  it." 

The  plan  and  purpose  of  the  committee,  in  1860,  were  adopted 
with  some  modifications  and  additions,  in  the  census  of  1865.  The 
results  obtained  in  the  latter  year,  seem  to  be  much  more  full  than  in 
1860,  though  evidently  incomplete  in  some  particulars.  These 
statistics  must,  from  the  nature  of  the  case,  depend  to  some  extent, 
upon  estimates.  For  example,  the  clams  on  the  shores  are  free  to  all 
the  inhabitants  of  the  State  who  choose  to  dig  them.  Persons  come 
to  the  shores  from  all  quarters,  and  often  from  distances  of  several 
miles,  and  dig  as  many  clams  as  they  choose,  to  eat  or  to  carry  home. 
Nothing  is  exactly  known  of  the  quantities  thus  removed.  The  only 
estimates  which  could  be  made,  were  from  the  opinions  of  the  owners 
of  shore  farms.  Much  care  and  caution  were  used  in  obtaining  the 
estimates,  and  it  was  the  general  opinion  of  the  marshals  that  the 
quantities  stated  were  less  than  the  truth. 

Difficulties,  somewhat  similar  in  extent ;  but  of  a  different  charac- 
ter, were  met  with  in  relation  to  some  other  statistics  upon  this 
subject. 

We  can  only  say,  that  the  attempt  to  obtain  correct  information 
was  faithfully  made,  and  that  the  results  do  not  exceed  the  truth  ; 
but  are,  probably,  considerably  less. 

The  following  shows  the  statistics  of  fisheries,  and  other  items,  in 
Rhode  Island,  as  obtained  by  the  census  of  1865,  and  compared  with 
those  obtained  by  the  Rhode  Island  Society,  in  1860  : 

1865.  1860. 

Salt  Marsh,  acres 3,531 1,279 

Salt  Hay,  tons 2,116 1,540 

Value  of  same $18,545. $12,320 

Sea  drift,  cords 34,146 34.927 

Value  of  same $38,083 $37,604 

Fish  seined  for  manure  and  oil,  barrels 154,468 118,611 

Value  of  same .' $126,035 $27,817 

Fish  caught  for  food,  pounds 2,462,360 Not  stated. 

Value  of  same $121,094 $24,187 

Clams  dug,  bushels 31,697 Not  stated. 


XC1V  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

1865.  1860. 

Qnahogs,  bushels 9,241 Not  stated. 

Scallops,  bushels 9,653 Not  stated. 

Oysters,  bushels 72,895 Not  stated. 

Lobsters,  pounds 42,900 Not  stated. 

Total  value  of  all  shell  fish 6118,655 §11,692 

Total  value  of  fisheries,  &c.,  as  above  §422,412 5113,620 

The  statistics  obtained  in  1865,  though  imperfect,  are  sufficient  to 
show  that  the  fisheries  and  shore  products  in  Rhode  Island  are  of 
considerable  importance  to  the  State,  and  deserve  the  attention  and 
care  of  our  legislators. 

At  the  present  time  the  fish  which  abound  in  the  waters  of  the 
State,  are  taken  without  restriction,  by  every  means  that  the  inven- 
tion of  man,  stimulated  by  avarice,  can  devise.  This  is  done  without 
reference  to  season  or  to  the  natural  habits  of  the  fish,  so  that  there 
is  supposed  to  be  great  danger  that  some  varieties  of  fish,  which  have 
heretofore  been  abundant,  will  soon  be  exterminated,  or  banished 
from  the  waters  of  the  State. 

Whether  this  danger  exists  or  not,  to  the  extent  that  is  feared,  with 
reference  to  the  fish  in  the  salt  waters  of  the  State,  it  is  certain  that 
the  same  result  has  been  accomplished  in  relation  to  several  kinds  of 
fresh-water  fish.  Some  of  the  most  valuable  varieties  of  fish  which 
formerly  abounded  in  the  fresh-water  rivers  and  ponds  in  Rhode 
Island,  are  now  unknown  in  them. 

Within  a  few  years  past,  much  attention  has  been  given  to  the 
subject  of  the  propagation  of  fish,  in  some  of  the  States  of  New 
England,  as  well  as  in  other  countries,  and  it  seems  to  be  established 
that  their  propagation  is  easy;  and  that  salmon  and  shad  may  be 
easily  restored  to  our  rivers,  if  a  free  passage  be  provided  for  them, 
to  and  from  the  ocean. 

It  is  also  shown  that  many  other  kinds  of  valuable  fish  may  be 
multiplied  without  limit,  if  attention  is  given  to  their  natural  habits, 
and  if  they  are  protected  until  they  have  time  to  grow. 

There  is  no  State  which  should  have  a  greater  interest  in  this 
subject  than  Rhode  Island.  In  addition  to  our  bays  and  arms  of  the 
ocean,  AVC  have  numerous  small  rivers ;  every  portion  of  the  State  is 
dotted  with  fresh-water  ponds  of  all  sizes,  and  our  Southern  coast  is 
lined  with  extensive  salt-water  ponds. 

These  features  of  the  State  furnish  natural  and  favorable  resorts  for 
every  species  of  shell  and  other  fish  that  can  exist  on  this  coast. 


^MANUFACTURES.  XCV 

They  are  all  capable  of  indefinite  multiplication,  and  the  expense  of 
propagation  arid  of  gathering  the  products  is  much  less,  in  proportion 
to  the  results,  than  in  other  branches  of  industry. 

It  is  probable  that  with  intelligent,  scientific  culture,  and  with  a 
comparatively  slight  expense,  the  products  of  the  shell  and  other 
fisheries  in  Rhode  Island,  might,  in  a  few  years,  be  made  to  rival  in 
importance  those  of  agriculture.  The  subject  is  certainly  worthy  the 
attention  of  our  legislators. 


III.     COMMENTS  UPON  THE  TABLES.— CONTINUED. 

4.       MANUFACTURES. 

The  statistics  of  the  manufactures  of  Rhode  Island,  for  the  year 
ending  June  1,  1865,  as  obtained  by  the  census,  will  be  Found  on 
pages  72  to  98  inclusive  ;  and  a  table,  on  page  97,  shows  the  number 
and  other  particulars  of  the  manufactures  reported  in  each  town  of 

the  State. 

• 

For  reasons  given  on  page  72,1  am  not  able  to  present  the  statistics 
of  manufactures  with  as  much  minuteness,  or  in  as  interesting  form 
as  might  be  desired.  Instead  of  giving  the  particulars  of  each  manu- 
facture, in  each  town  or  county,  I  am  obliged  to  confine  the  items 
to  the  aggregates  for  the  State,  and,  in  some  cases,  to  combine  several 
kinds  of  manufactures  together. 

The  results  will  be  found,  however,  to  be  highly  interesting,  and 
the  total  value  of  the  products  largely  exceeds  that  of  any  previous 
census. 

It  is  probable  that  the  manufactures  of  the  State  were  more  fully 
and  more  correctly  reported,  by  the  census  of  1865,  than  by  that  of 
1860.  The  promises  that  were  made  in  1865,  that  nothing  should  be 
published  which  would  show  the  private  business  of  any  individual, 
probably  resulted  in  obtaining  more  correct  information,  than  was 
obtained  by  the  census  of  1860. 

While,  then,  we  regret  that  we  cannot  show  many  particulars 
which  would  be  highly  interesting,  we  feel  confident  that  the  resources 
and  productive  wealth  of  the  State,  in  connection  with  manufactures, 
are  more  fully,  and  more  correctly  shown  by  the  census  of  1865, 
than  ever  before. 


XCV1  CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 

The  full  discussion  of  the  topics  suggested  by  the  statistics  of 
manufactures  given,  would  properly  require  a  volume  instead  of  the 
few  pages  we  can  give  it.  We  must  leave  the  study  of  the  facts, 
and  their  application  to  the  numerous  interests  involved,  to  those 
whose  familiarity  with  the  subject  renders  them  better  qualified  to  do 
it  justice.  It  will  be  my  object,  solely,  to  present  the  statistics  of 
manufactures,  as  obtained  by  the  census  of  18G5,  as  fully  and  clearly 
as  possible,  so  that  others  may  be  able  to  make  the  use  of  them  which 
their  importance  deserves. 

The  total  value  of  the  products  of  manufactures,  for  the  year 
ending  June  1,  1865,  was  -$103,106,395,  which  was  equal  to  $557 
for  every  man,  woman,  and  child  in  the  State. 

The  capital  invested  in  manufactures,  was  $32,646,603,  equal  to 
$176  for  each  inhabitant. 

The  following  shows  the  general  results,  by  the  censuses  of  1860, 
and  1865,  and  the  increase  between  the  two  dates.  It  should  be 
remembered  that  the  figures,  at  each  date,  are  for  a  single  year : 

TJ.  S.  Census,     State  Census, 

1860.  1865.          Increase. 

Number  of  Manufacturers  .-. 1,191 ....  1,459 •  268 

Capital  stock  invested $24,278,295 ....  $32,646,603 . . .     §8,368,308 

Value  of  raw  materials,  used §19,858,515. . . .   $63,861,552. . .  .§44,003,037 

Value  of  products  for  the  year §40,711,298. . .  .$103,106,395. . .  .$62,395,097 

Hands  employed 32,490....  36,993...  4,503 

The  enormous  increase  in  the  value  of  raw  materials  used,  and  in 
the  total  value  of  the  annual  products,  since  1860,  is  partly  owing  to 
the  increase  in  the  quantity  of  some  items  ;  but  more  to  the  great 
advance  in  prices,  since  that  date. 

Before  making  further  comparisons  in  relation  to  the  statistics  of 
the  two  censuses,  let  us  present  in  a  more  condensed,  tabular  form, 
some  of  the  statistics  of  manufactures,  obtained  bv  the  census  of 
1865. 

The  following  table  shows  the  kinds  of  manufactures  reported,  the 
number  of  establishments,  the  capital  stock  invested,  the  value  of  raw 
materials  used,  the  total  value  of  the  products,  and  the  number  of 
hands  employed,  (male  and  female,)  in  the  whole  State,  for  the  year 
ending  June  1,  1865  : 


MANUFACTURES. 


XCV11 


Manufactures  in  Rhode  Island  for  the  year  ending  June  1, 1865. 


KIXD  OF  MANUFACTURES. 

No.  of 
Establishments 
Reported. 

Capital 

Stock. 

Value  of 
Raw 

Materials. 

Total  Value 
of 

Products. 

Hands 
Employed. 

Agricultural  Implements  

6 
3 
23 
8 
2 
10 
120 
6 
2 
15 
3 
3 
14 
56 
59 
14 
.6 
47 
29 

51 

48 
5 

§8,500 
22.200 
21,500 

§7,160 
35,300 
21,800 
12 
22,000 
40,950 
210,422 
46,300 
3,450 
358,088 
.    6,000 
6,700 
83,670 
83,100 
478,650 
43,338 
30,000 

$13,200 
68,700 
81,000 
928 
35,000 
106,530 
450,404 
115,900 
21,500 
498,500 
120,500 
16,700 
238,970 
208.319 
939,550 
68,233 
63,315 
48,680 
208,870 

810,357 
196,200 
41,800 

15. 
12 
41 
8 
31 
117 
483 
i    22 
15 
152 
205 
14 
180 
211 
534 
26 
37 
115 
179 

666 
181 
81 

Ale  and  Lager  Beer  

Artificial    Teeth  

Baskets 

Blank  Books   

12,500 
62,800 
119,785 
26,000 
2,500 
77,300 
233,000 
10800 
88,000 
103,400 
126.900 
20,200 
34,600 

Bobbins  and  Spools  

Boots  and  Shoes  

Brass  Castings  
Blocks,  Pumps,  &c  

Bread,  Crackers,  &c  

Bricks  

Brushes  

Cabinet  Ware  and  Upholstery.. 

Carriages  and  Wagons  

Carpentry  

Coffins  

Cooperage    

Charcoal  

Cigars  

52,350 

178,315 
10,250 
18,300 

90,597 

470,158 
141,900 
27,500 

Clothing. 
Clothing,  Mens'   .  .  .  .  ;  

Dresses  and  Cloaks  

Hoop  Skirts  and  Corsets  

Total,  Clothing  

104 

3 
2 
6 

7 

74 
45 

3 
6 
6 
6 
2 

206,865 

22,500 
3.000 
7,300 
46,300 

9,884,000 
1,645,800 
41,000 
3,230.000 
432,400 
371,700 
112,000 

639,558 

65,000 
15,010 

28,080 
87,300 

15,347,839 
4,035,820 
72,000 
19,272,973 
255,400 
443,650 
146,400 

1,048,357 

95,000 
23,775 
41,000 
123,600 

24,723,988 
5,598,219 
114.300 
23.551,216 
482.387 
787,600 
220,800 

928 

18 
20 
24 
59 

11,826 
1,504 
38 
1,876 
277 
476 
52 

Coffee  and  Spices  

Coffin  Trimmings  

Confectionery  and  Ice  Cream  

Coppersmitliing  and  Plumbing  

Cotton  Manufactures. 
Cotton  Cioth  

Cotton  Yarn,  Twine,  Thread,  &c.  .  . 
Cotton  Wicking   

Calico  Printing  

Dveiiiff  and  Bleaching  

Shoe  and  Corset  Lacings,  &c,  

Wadding  and  Batting  

Total  Cotton  Manufactures   

142 

4 
2 
19 
5 
6 
4 
3 
30 

15,716,900   39,574,082 

139,500        180,900 
7,000          19,400 
128,350        105,460 
1,067,700        143,864 
118,000        145,500 
12,000          25,500 
1,900            1,650 
341,700  

55,478,510 

357,000 
36,000 
222,150 
349,336 
221,000 
516,000 
5,000 

16,049 

136 
31 
198 
131 
87 
14 
8 
94 

Drugs  and  Chemicals   

Fancy  Goods,  Book  Clasps,  &c  
Fish  Oil  an'i  Guano  

Gas,  —  Illuminating  

Gas  Pipe,  Fixtures  and  Bufners.  .  .  . 
Gold  and  Silver  Refining,  &c  
Granite  Work  

Grist  Mills  

13 


XCV111 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


Manufactures  in  Rhode  Island  for  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865, 

Continued. 


KIND  OF  MANUFACTURES. 

No.  of 
Establishments 
Reported. 

Capital 
Stock. 

Value  of 
Raw 
Materials. 

Total  Value 
of 
Products. 

Hands 
Employed. 

Hair  Cloth         

•  3 

$185  000 

$429  118 

$1,091,66.6 

197 

Harnesses   Trunks  and  Valises  

36 

58950 

94010 

222  336 

214 

Hats  and  Caps  

4 

5350 

14700 

25,742 

16 

Iron    Manufactures. 
Blacksmithing         

100 

v    53  715 

96900 

212  220 

213 

Edge  Tools  

5 

66400 

77,650 

222,200 

99 

Files    

3 

215  000 

78200 

226,500 

156 

Fire  Arms  

3 

430000 

680000 

1,940,000 

1,040 

Horso  Shoes,  Nails,  Cable,  &c  

8 

801  450 

761  750 

952,700 

488 

Iron  Castings  

12 

606000 

536  360 

830,600 

664 

Jewelers'  Tools  

5 

1000 

1200 

5000 

6 

Machinery,  Steam  Engines,  &c  

22 

842  000 

604300 

1,962,800 

1,612 

"          Cotton,  Wool  and  Flax.  . 
Spiral  Springs,  Hardware,  &c  

18 
4 

543,300 
254000 

439,755 
383  500 

1,183,000 
654,672 

1,124 
271 

Wood  Screws  

2 

k    1,370,000 

834  782 

1,460,870 

1591 

Total  Iron  Manufactures  

189 

5  182  865 

4  494  397 

9  650  562 

6,263 

Jewelry  and  Jewelers'  Findings  
Leather  

45 

9 

261,000 
85000 

578,922 
244  405 

1,200,025 
409,000 

724 
85 

Loom  Pickers  and  Belting  

4 

129  813 

265  400 

354  130 

74 

Lime  and  Casks   

3 

42000 

56  Oil 

74  133 

44 

Lumber  

47 

58725 

14614 

92442 

87 

Marble  

14 

82650 

72  583 

168206 

153 

Millinery    -.  

26 

23  250 

25200 

57  400 

59 

Mattresses  

2 

3  600 

6000 

11  400 

10 

Newspaper,  Book  and  Job  Printing. 
Oils  

10 
5 

213,000 
186  500 

186,000 
132000 

421,000 
182000 

IT:1. 
47 

Paper  Boxes,  .Cards  and  Envelopes. 
Paper  Cop  Tubes  

3 
2 

11,500 
300 

38,525 
2450 

71,063 
8622 

97 
13 

Patent  Medicines  

7 

75800 

150800 

304600 

31 

Photographs  

20 

38900 

51  300 

119000 

73 

Planing  and  Box  Making  

13 

176500 

160300 

290000 

93 

Patterns  

3 

900 

1  000 

7  500 

7 

Planes  

2 

200 

400 

2000 

2 

Picture  Frames  

4 

10  300 

6850 

16  500 

15 

Pyroligneous  Acid  

2 

8  100 

4800 

20140 

8 

Pearl  Works  and  Shell  Combs  
Kopes  nnd  Lines  

2 
4 

8,500 
11  200 

7,500 
20500 

23,000 
30300 

25 
17 

Rubber  Goods  

2 

175000 

750000 

944832 

281 

Sail  Making  

3 

1  100 

4100 

10150 

8 

Sashes,  Blinds  and  Doors  

12 

69  700 

48  140 

115500 

78 

Ships,  Yachts  and  Boats  

24 

93400 

102  270 

230  760 

142 

Short  and  Kindling  Wood  

10 

2800 

22700 

29,350 

23 

Silver  Ware  

3 

348000 

390  000 

725,000 

304 

Soap  and  Candles  

13 

188  700 

216  550 

527.770 

82 

Stucco  Work  

2 

1500 

1  162 

12  100 

5 

Straw  Goods  

2 

4000 

4200 

8500 

48 

Sugar  Refining  

a 

175,000 

1,417,000 

1,550.000 

115 

MANUFACTURES. 


XC1X 


Manufactures  in  Rhode  Island  for  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865, 

Concluded. 


KIND  OF  MANUFACTURES. 

No.  of 
Establishments 
Koported. 

Capital 
Stock. 

Value  of 
Raw 
Materials. 

Total  Value 
of 
Products. 

Hands 
Employed. 

Tin  and  Sheet  Iron  Ware  

46 

$102  650 

§82  752 

$179  854 

135 

Top  Roll  Covering  

3 

1,600 

4500 

9000 

5 

Toys  and  Tobacco  Pipes  

4 

32,400 

12,800 

38000 

60 

Washing  &  Wringing  Machine*,  &c. 
Wooden  Ware  and  Harness  Hanies. 
Wood  Turning  

2 
2 
4 

253,000 
5,800 
5,700 

18,300 
2,690 

30,000 
6,849 
11  500 

23 
8 
19 

Willow  Ware  

2 

3,100 

2500 

4700 

'     8 

Weavers  Harnesses  and  Reeds  

5 

49,000 

36750 

79960 

68 

Wine,  Grape  

2 

1,800 

1  450 

4000 

2 

Woolen  Manufactures. 
Satinets,  Flannels,  &c  

32 

1,373,000 

3,632,170 

6  048  210 

1,873 

Shoddy  

4 

4,300 

21060 

33000 

14 

AVool  Carding  

3 

2800 

2200 

4 

\Voolen  Goods  

32 

3  415  000 

6  068  177 

13  127  086 

3734 

Woolen  Yarn.  .    

7 

297,000 

912,280 

1,728,700 

794 

"Worsted  Braid  and  Lacings  

5 

141  000 

154  880 

232  955 

176 

83 

5,233,100 

10,788,567 

21,172,151 

6,595 

Other  Manufactures  

19 

276,000 

305,995 

758,125 

265 

The  preceding  list  includes  all  the  manufactures  reported  in  the 
State,  in  1865.  It  would  be  interesting  to  compare  all  the  items  with 
those  of  the  national  census  of  1860 ;  but  the  different  arrangements 
ami  combinations,  made  in  the  two  censuses,  render  it  difficult  to  do 
so,  and  it  is  not,  perhaps,  necessary  for  the  objects  of  this  report. 
It  will  be  sufficient  to  make  a  comparison  of  three  of  the  most 
important  of  the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  State. 

An  examination  of  the  table  shows  that  of  the  $ 32,646,603  invested 
in  manufactures,  in  1865,  in  Rhode  Island,  the  sum  of  $ 26,132,865 
was  invested  in  manufactures  of  cotton,  wool,  and  iron.  Let 
us  compare  the  statistics  of  the  two  censuses,  in  relation  to  these 
manufactures. 

COTTON    MANUFACTURES. 

In  the  statistics  of  cotton  manufactures,  by  the  census  of  1865,  as 
given  on  page  xcvii,  'we  have  included  the  following  :  cotton  cloth ; 
cotton  yarn,  twine,  thread,  &c. ;  cotton  wicking  ;  calico  printing ; 
bleaching  and  dyeing ;  shoe  and  corset  lacings ;  and  wadding  and 
batting. 


C  CENSUS    OF    RHODE   ISLAND,    1865. 

In  the  census  of  1860,  the  combinations  are  different,  and  we  only 
find  the  following  items  named,  of  cotton  manufactures  :  calico  print- 
ing ;  cotton  goods  ;  cotton  batting ;  cotton  yarns,  &c. ;  bleaching  and 
dyeing. 

The  statistics  of  the  two  periods  are  as  follows : 

COTTON    MANUFACTURES,    RHODE   ISLAND. 

V 

1860.  1865. 

Number  of  establishments 170 142 

Capital  invested , $11,367,500 §15,716,900 

Cost  of  raw  materials $6,590,0:25 839,574,082 

Annual  value  of  products $15,168,681   $55,478,510 

Hands  employed 15,900 16,049 

Cotton  used,  pounds 41,614,797 28,959,626 

Spindles  employed 814,554 839,695 

Looms  employed 17,315 16,548 

Cotton  cloth  made,  yards 147,652,300 104,865,978 

Yarn  and  twine,  pounds  2,725,950 

Cotton  thread,  spools,  dozen 1,565,000 

Yarn  and  thread,  pounds 5,072,114 

The  particulars  for  the  several  branches,  included  in  the  cotton 
manufactures  in  1865,  are  given  on  page  xcvii. 

The  great  increase  in  the  cost  of  raw  materials,  and  in  the  total 
value  of  products,  between  1860  and  1865,  is  evidently  owing  to  the 
enormous  increase  of  prices  between  the  two  periods.  The  quantity 
of  cotton,  used,  and  the  amount  of  cloth  made,  were  much  less  in 
1865  than  in  1860. 

The  comparison  of  the  statistics  of  cotton  manufactures,  at  the  two 
periods  named,  suggests  many  topics  which  are  of  importance  to  those 
interested  in  these  manufactures. 

Th?  want  of  time  and  space,  and,  more  than  this,  the  want  of  suffi- 
cient acquaintance  with  the  subject,  render  it  advisable  to  leave  the 
discussion  to  those  more  capable  of  doing  it  justice. 

• 

WOOLEN    MANUFACTURES. 

In  the  statement  given  in  relation  to  the  manufactures  of  Rhode 
Island,  as  reported  by  the  census  of  1865,  the  following  branches  are 
included  under  tjie  head  of  woolen  manufactures,  viz. :  satinets,  flan- 
nels, &c. ;  shoddy;  wool  carding;  woolen  goods;  woolen  yarn; 
worsted  braid  and  lacings. 


MANUFACTURES.  ci 

Selecting,  so  far  as  possible,  the  same  branches  from  the  returns  of 
the  census  of  1860,  we  have  the  following  comparative  statistics: 

WOOLEN    MANUFACTURES,    RHODE   ISLAND. 

1860.  1865. 

Number  of  establishments 59 S:j 

Capital  invested $3,176,000 §5,233,100 

Cost  of  raw  materials  §4,077.914 $10,788,567 

Annual  value  of  products §6,929,205. $21,172,151 

Hands  employed 4,239 6,595 

Wool  used,  pounds 6,832,600 13,343,228 

Cotton  used,  pounds 3,056,200 1,461,813 

Cloth  made,  yards 19,343,600 14,625,477 

Woolen  yarn,  pounds 112,800 1,047,600 

Shawls,  number 100,000 43,359 

Blankets,  number  159,143 

Woolen  Hoods,  dozen 15,000 

Hosiery,  dozen  pairs 10,000 

Worsted  braid  and  lacings,  yards 9,747,000 

Shoddy,  pounds 134,000 


IRON    MANUFACTURES. 

In  the  statement  on  page  xcviii,  we  have  included  the  following  in 
the  iron  manufactures  of  Rhode  Island,  as  returned  by  the  census  of 
1865,  viz. :  blacksmithing  ;  edge  tools  ;  files  ;  fire  arms  ;  horse  shoes ; 
nails,  cables,  &c.  ;  iron  castings;  jewelers'  tools;  machinery ;  steam 
engines,  &c.  ;  spiral  springs,  hardware,  &c.,  and  wood  screws. 

We  have  collected  the  same  items,  so  far  as  possible,  from  the 
returns  of  the  census  of  1860,  and  find  the  following  comparative 
results,  for  the  two  periods : 

IRON    MANUFACTURES,    RHODE    ISLAND. 

1860.  1865. 

Number  of  establishments 134 182 

Capitalinvested $3,620,200 $5,182,865 

Cost  of  raw  materials $1,769,377 $4,494,397 

Annual  value  of  products  $4,089,115 $9,650,562 

Hands  employed 3,942 6,263 

These  comparisons  s'how  that,  in  cotton  manufactures,  there  was  an 
enormous  increase  between  1860  and  1865,  in  the  annual  value  of 
raw  materials  used,  and  in  the  annual  value  of  the  products,  though 


Cll 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1805. 


there  was  a  large  decrease  in  the  quantity  of  botli ;  but  in  the  woolen 
and  iron  manufactures,  there  was  a  great  increase  both  in  the  quantity 
and  in  the  value  of  the  raw  materials  used,  and  of  the  products. 

The  following  table  will  show  the  statistics  of  all  the  manufactures 
reported,  in  the  several  counties  of  Rhode  Island,  by  the  censuses  of 
'I860  and  1865: 


COUNTIES. 

Number  of 
Establishments. 

Capital 
invested. 

Cost  of 
Kaw  Materials. 

Annual  value 
of  Troducts. 

Hands 
Employed. 

Bristol..         ..Hgj?  

62 

$824,650 

§1,621,900 

$2,692,092 

97.-> 

'  •  j  1865  
Kent  <  -,  oil  r 

69 
73 

1,058,980 
2,766,760 

2,379,091 
1,667,183 

3,132,683 
3,601,141 

1,300 

3,779 

N                         (I860  

111 
85 

3,303,675 
799,100 

6,900,418 
548,193 

10,250,052 
1,213,625 

4,731 
1,224 

f  1860  .  . 

129 

894 

890,500 
17,961,985 

777,430 
13,655,956 

1,675,519 
29,211,478 

987 
23,769 

Providence....  J1865  

1  038 

25,023,098 

48,156,274 

78,538,135 

27,143 

(  1860  .  . 

77 

1  925,300 

2,365,223 

3,992,960 

2,743 

Washington  .  ..  1  ^r 

112 

2,370  350 

5,648,339 

9,510,006 

2,832 

1,191 

24,278,295 

19,858,515 

40,7  11.'".  it  ; 

32,490 

Whole  State...  ]1865  

1,459 

32,646,603 

'    63,861,552 

103,106,395 

36,993 

The  United  States  census  of  1860  does  not  show  the  statistics  of 
manufactures,  for  the  City  of  Providence,  separately  from  the  rest 
of  the  county.  The  particulars  for  each  town  and  city,  by  the 
census  of  1865,  are  given  on  page  97,  of  the  tabular  portion  of  this 
volume. 


PRODUCTS    OF    MANUFACTURES. 

The  following  list  comprises  the  greater  portion  of  the  products  of 
all  kinds  of  manufactures  in  Rhode  Island,  as  reported  by  the  census 
of  1865,  for  the  year  ending  on  the  first  of  June  of  that  year : 

It  would  be  interesting  to  compare  the  figures  given  for  each  item, 
with  those  of  the  census  of  1860 ;  but  I  am  able  to  find  only  a  small 
portion  of  the  items  in  the  report  of  the  census  of  that  year,  and 
cannot,  therefore,  make  a  full  comparison. 


MANUFACTURES. 


cm 


PRODUCTS    OF    MANUFACTURES,    IN    RHODE    ISLAND,    DURING   THE 
YEAS.    ENDING    JUNE    1,    1865. 


Ale  and  lager  beer,  barrels 4,250 

Ambrotypes  and  tintypes 57,500 

Articles  for  jewelry,  gross 50 

Artificial  teeth,  sets 2,310 

Assortments  of  hardware,  dozen 60 

Awnings 150 

Axes 200 

Bags 30,200 

Balmoral  skirts , 30,000 

Barrels  and  casks 85,350 

Baskets 2,660 

Block  alphabets,  sets 300 

Blankets 159,144 

Bobbins  and  spools,  gross 433,161 

Book  clasps 126,600 

Boards,  feet .4,912,742 

Boots  and  shoes,  pairs 272,423 

Bricks 12,100,000 

Boxes 197,500 

Brushes 14,000 

Bonnets 13,650 

Boats  and  ships 261 

Butt  hinges,  dozen 277,598 

Buttons,  gross 7,000 

Calf-skins . . . ., 5,100 

Candles-,  pounds 106,000 

Candy,  pounds 118,000 

'  Cards  cut 1,570,790 

Cartes  de  visile 222,500 

Cartridges 15,000,000 

Chain  cable,  tons 1,000 

Charcoal,  bushels 580,800 

Cloaks  and  Mantillas 4,000 

Cigars 8,844,970 

Coal  tar,  barrels 3,222 

Coke,  bushels '.  321,900 

Coal  mined,  tons 11,338 

Coffins 2.705 

Coffin  trimmings,  gross 23,200 

Coa-ts 14,314 

Corn  knives 8,400 

Cotton  cloth  made,  yards 104,865,978 

Cotton  thread,  spools,  dozen. . .  .1,565,000 

Cotton  thread  spooled,  spools 720,000 

Cotton  rope,  pounds I 260 

Cotton  lines,  dozw 13,500 

Cotton  tape,  yards 2,380,400 

Cotton  braid,  balls,  dozen 200,000 


Cotton  wicking,  pounds 188,880 

Cotton  wicking,  gross 150,000 

Cotton  cloth  printed,  yards 95,814,863 

Cotton  cloth  bleached  and  dyed, 

yards  30,867,518 

Cotton  yarn  and  twine,  pounds.  .2,725,950 

Cotton  warps,  yards 3,875,000 

Cotton  shoe  and  corset  lacings, 

gross . .  800,000 

Corsets 600 

Cut  nails,  casks 80,000 

Dresses 8,780 

Dyewoods  ground,  tons 500 

Envelopes 500,000 

Files 540,000 

Fire  engines 3 

Flax  Picking,  pounds 184 

Grain  ground,  bushels 624,400 

Gravestones  and  monuments 5,316 

Guano,  tons 2,825 

Hair  cloth,  yards 1,271,500 

Hand  rakes 3,000 

Horse  rakes < 200 

Handles  for  cutlery,  gross 150 

Hemp  rope,  tons 11 

Harnesses 1,187 

Hats  and  caps 6,000 

Hoop  skirts 39,750 

Hoop  skirt  braid,  pounds 83,200 

Harness  hames,  pairs 2,500 

Horse  shoes 3,026,000 

Horse  shoe  nails,  pounds 407,100 

Illuminating  gas,  cubic  feet. . .  .91,222,000 

Iron  castings,  toi\s 710 

Iron  Sinks 4,000 

Lacing  Leather,  dozen 250 

Leather  Belting,  feet 263,182 

Leather,  sides 29,650 

Loom  pickers,  dozen 21,949 

Lumber  planed,  feet 1,050,000 

Lime,  casks 29,487 

Linen  lines,  dozen 662 

Marble  furniture  tops  and  mantles...  1,075 

Marine  engines 14 

Mattresses 1,500 

Musket  bands,  sets 15,000 

Newspapers  printed 5,410,000 

Nail  kegs 49,553 


CIV 


CENSUS    OF    "RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


Oil,  gallons 226,976 

Pails  and  buckets .1.300 

Pants 37,094 

Paper  boxes 467,711 

Plows  and  cultivators 565 

Paper  cop  tubes,  pounds 22,500 

Planes 200 

Photographs 16,800 

Picture  frames 4,600 

Printing  presses 346 

Pyroligneous  acid,  gallons 95,000 

Rifles  and  muskets 81,000 

Refined  iron,  tons 5,000 

Rear  sights  for  muskets 60,000 

Sabres 13,500 

Salt  ground,  bushels  10,000 

Screw  machines 105 

Scythes 118,000 

Sewing  Machines  10,000 

Shoddy,  pounds 134,000 

Spermaceti,  pounds 20,000 

Steam  boilers 157 

Steam  Engines 144 

Snaths 1,000 

Sashes,  blinds  and  doors 8,130 

Shawls 43,359 

Sheepskins 64,400 

Shingles 2,636,000 


Staves 2,269.000 

Soap,  pounds 5,515,440 

Soft  soap,  barrels , 2,358 

Shirts 6,000 

Stoves .' 5,270 

Sugar  refined,  pounds 4,984,000 

Syrup  and  molasses,  barrels 13,718 

Short  and  kindling  wood,  cords   . . .  .2,850 

Straw  hats 14,000 

Toys,  sets 1,200 

Toys,  gross 4,000 

Tobacco  pipes,  gross 12 

Trunks 2,600 

Valises  and  traveling  bags 32,400 

Vests 35,533 

Wire  rod,  tons 1,000 

Wood  screws,  gross 3,652,748 

Woolen  cloth,  yards 14,625,477 

Woolen  hoods,  dozen 15,000 

Woolen  hosiery,  pairs,  dozen   .      . .  10,000 

Wool  carded,  pounds 7,100 

Weavers'  harnesses,  sets 16,780 

Weavers'  reeds 7,200 

Wine,  gallons   2,400 

Washing  and  wringing  machines. .  .1,644 

Water  elevators 500 

Worsted  braid  &  lacings,  yards.  .9,747,000 
Woolen  yarn,  pounds 1,047,600 


The  preceding  list  is,  by  no  means  complete,  for  all  the  articles 
manufactured  in  the  State.  In  some  establishments,  a  great  variety  of 
articles  is  made,  and  while  it  is  comparatively  easy  to  obtain  the  total 
value  of  the  products,  it  is  difficult,  and  sometimes  impossible,  to 
obtain  the  exact  number  or  quantity  of  all  the  different  articles 
manufactured. 

The  same  remarks  are  true,  and  to  a  still  greater  extent,  in  relation 
to  the  articles  used  in  the  various  manufactures.  Almost  every 
important  substance  known,  in  the 'animal,  vegetable,  and  mineral 
kingdoms,  is  used  in  the  manufactures  of  the  State, «and  of  some  of 
them,  the  quantities  required  are  very  great. 

The  manufacture  of  a  single  product,  in  some  cases,  requires  the 
use  of  some  scores  of  different  kinds  of  substances, — drugs,  chemicals, 
dyes,  &c.  In  taking  the  census,  it  was  found  impracticable  to  obtain 
these  items  in  full,  and  though  the  amount  was  given  in  the  returns 
in  many  cases,  it  is  probable  that  the  quantities  of  only  a  few  of  the 
most  important  substances,  are  fully  stated,  for  all  the  manufactures. 


MANUFACTURES.  CV 

From  the  returns,  we  select  only  a  few  of  the  substances  used  in 
the  manufactures  of  the  State,  during  the  year  ending  June  3,  1865, 
as  follows  : 

Cotton,  pounds 30,434,989  Tin,  pounds  164.000 

Wool,  pounds 13,343,228  Tobacco,  pounds 189,595 

Coal,  tons 42,566  Tallow,  pounds 752,500 

Iron,  tons 41,498  Potash,  pounds 81,600 

Steel,  pounds 634,617  Resin,  pounds 117,500 

Brass,  pounds 257,000  Hair,  pounds 34,834 

Copper,  pounds 66.097  Pearl  sliell,  pounds 12,000 

Lead,  pounds 1,212,002  Leather,  pounds   163,540 

Perhaps  a  better  idea  of  the  quantities  of  some  of  these  substances 
used  in  manufactures,  may  be  obtained  from  the  daily  consumption. 
Estimating  the  working  days  of  the  year  at  three  hundred,  the 
quantities  used,  daily,  in  the  manufactures  'of  the  State,  were  as  fol- 
lows, for  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865: 

DAILY    CONSUMPTION    IN    MANUFACTURES. 

Cotton,  pounds 101,350    Iron,  tons 138 

"Wool,  pounds 44,477     Steel,  pounds 2,115 

Coal,  tons 142    Lead,  pounds 4,040 

Let  us  apply  the  same  illustration  to  the  products  of  the  manufac- 
tures. We  have  already  given  the  annual  quantities  of  most  of  the 
products  of  manufactures.  The  following  shows  the  quantities  pro- 
duced daily,  of  a  few  of  the  articles  manufactured  in  Rhode  Island, 
during  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865  : 

DAILY    PRODUCTS    IN    RHODE    ISLAND. 

Cotton  cloth,  yards 349,553  Horse  shoe  nails,  pounds 1,357 

Cotton  yarn  and  twine,  pounds 9,086  Cut  nails,  pounds 26,667 

Cotton  thread,  spools 62,600  Hoop  skirts,  number 132 

Calicoes  printed,  yards 319,383  Shoe  and  corset  lacings,  dozens  . . .""•» 32,000 

Files,  number , .  1,800  Butt  hinges,  dozens 925 

Hair  cloth,  yards 4,238  Woolen  cloths,  yards 48,751 

Kifles  and  muskets,  number, 270  Balls  of  braid,  number 8,000 

Horse  shoes,  number 10,087  Worsted  braid,  yards 32,490 

Tape,  yards 7,933  Shawls,  number 145 

Wood  screws,  gross 12,176  Stockings,  pairs   400 

Blankets,  number 530  Woolen  yarns,  pounds 3,492 

4 


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If  we  call  the  working  day*,  ten  hour*  coeh,  the  production  of 
notion  cloth  in  the  State,  was  equal  to  583  ytrdtperminuU;  of  calico, 
632  yard*  per  minute  ;  of  woolen  cloth*,  81  yards  |K?r  mtoute  ;  and 
of  wood  serewa,  2,022  per  minute,  during  all  the  working  hour*  of 
the  year. 

The  total  production  for  the  year,  amounted  to  67,893  milen  of 
cotton  and  woolen  doth*  ;  and  f>4,44Q  miles  of  calicoe*.  The  aggre- 
gate of  rotton  and  woolen  cloths  and  calicoes,  produced  during  the 
year,  was  sufficient  for  a  web  of  cloth  nearly  five  tirm's  around  the 
globe  ;  or  1)41  times  around  the  State  of  Rhode  Inland  ;  or  equal  to 
1,104  yards  for  every  man,  woman,  and  child  in  the  State.  It  was 
equal  to  01I..O  square  miles  of  cloth,  or  nearly  sufficient  to  cover  the 
whole  surface  of  a  town  10  miles  long  and  7  miles  wide. 

These  illustrations  will  give  to  some  persons  a  clearer  idea  of  the 
magnitude  of  the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  State,  than  the  simple 
statement  of  the  quantities  of  the  articles  made. 

It  should  IM-  remembered  that,  during  the  year  ending  June  1, 
1805,  the  amount  of  products  of  some  of  the  most  important  branches 
of  manufacture,  was  much  less  than  it  was  five  years  previous.  This 
was  especially  true  in  relation  to  manufactures  of  cotton.  The  high 
prices  and  difficulty  of  obtaining  cotton  during  the  war,  caused  the 
suspension  of  some  of  the  mills,  and.  reduced  largely  the  quantity  of 
the  products.  Some  other  branches  of  manufacture  were  also  much 
depressed,  at  the  time  the  census  was  taken,  in  the  summer  of  1865. 

SPINHLES    AND    LOOMS. 

The  number  of  spindles,  looms,  &c.,  reported  in  use  in  the  manu- 
factures of  Rhode  Island,  June  1,  1805,  was  as  follows  : 

In  cotton  manufactures  ......................  .  .'.  .  .839,695  spindles,  and  16,548  looms. 

In  woolen  manufactures  .........  8,866  spindles,  2,756  looms,  and  381  sets  of  machinery. 

In  tlic  manufacture  of  hair  cloth  ........................................  585  looms. 

In  the  manufacture  of  braid,  lacinys,  &c  ...............................  1,180  braiders. 

POWER   USED   IN    MANUFACTURES. 

The  number  of  steam  engines  used  in  the  manufactures  of  Rhode 
Island,  as  reported  by  the  census  of  1865,  was  263,  with  726  boilers, 
and  with  a  total  horse  power  of  16,092.  In  addition  to  this,  3  caloric 
engines  with  11  horse  power,  were  reported  in  Providence.  % 


MANUFACTURES. 

It  is  well  known  that  the  statement  of  the  horse  power  of  steam 
engines  is  very  indefinite,  and  that  the  power  of  any  engine  may  be 
increased  or  diminished,  within  wide  limits.  It  is  probable  that  the 
amount  of  horse  power,  as  given  for  the  steam  engines  in  the  follow- 
ing table  might  be  greatly  increased,  and  would  be  whenever  occasion 
required. 

Only  nine  windmills  were  reported :  one  in  Bristol,  one  in  James- 
town, 2  in  Little  Compton,  and  5  in  Portsmouth.  It  is  well  known 
that  there  are  more  than  this  in  the  State. 

In  258  manufacturing  establishments  in  the  State,  water  power  was 
used ;  in  24,  horse  power  was  used ;  in  828,  manual  labor  was  the 
power  used  ;  and  104  used  hired  steam  power.  Of  the  number  using 
hired  steam  power,  103  were  in  Providence,  and  1  in  Cumberland. 

The  table  on  the  next  page  shows  the  number  of  steam  engines, 
the  horse  power  of  the  engines,  the  number  of  steam  boilers,  the 
number  of  establishments  using  water  power,  the  number  using  horse 
power,  and  the  number  carried  on  by  manual  labor,  in  each  town  in 
Rhode  Island,  as  reported  by  the  census,  June  1,  ]  865. 


CVlll 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND,    1865. 


TABLE,  Showing  the  power  used  in  the  manufactures,  in  each  town  in 
Rhode  Island,  as  reported  by  the  census  of  1805. 


TOWNS 
AND    DIVISIONS    OF    Till; 
STATE. 

NmiiVr  of 
:•••  Ittl  1 

Tn!:il 

i!  >rse  I'uwor. 

Nmal 

Susmi  I' 

l-N1;ilili-.linicnts 
ii*iiiir  \VuUT 
Tower. 

i-A 
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.',  '*  .- 

IMiililislnnriits 
ii.-.iiiir  M.inuii] 

1 

Barrington 

5 
7 
3 

100 
390 
490 

.'. 

id 

28 

1 

8 
27 

26 

Bristol  

i 

Warren  

BUISTOL  COUNTY  

15 

2 

3 

1 
G 

980 

15 
266 

60 
516 

-17 

2 
•       8 
4 
19 

1 

14 

•2 
12 

11 

i 

Gl 

8 
17 
5 
14 

Coventry  

Kast  (irecnwieh  

i 

West  Greenwich      .  .           .  .             ... 

Warwick  

KENT  COUNTY   

12 

856 

33 

89 

1          44 

L.ittle  Compton  

n 

8           2 

1 

0 
2 
64 

Middletown  

Newport  

14       521 

32 

1 

New  Shoreham  

Portsmouth         .    . 

G        250          If, 

1            5            1 

11 
10 

Tiverton  

4 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

23       784         51 
" 

C       611         43 

11     1,150         41 
2          40           3 

A 

21 
2 
19 
1 

15 
8 
29 
7 
24 
23 

o 

93 

12 

G 

9 
12 
19 
3 
11 
14 
16 
21 

Burrillville  

Cnin-ton     .  .                  .... 

Cumberland  

2 

Kast  Providence  

Foster   

Glocester  

1 

Johnston  .    .        .... 

t} 

39 
11 

220           9 
3,028        lO'.i 
G:JG         2s 

North  Providence  

1 

Pa  ',v  tucket  

Scituate   

Sniilhfield  

17     1,259          48 

PKOVIDENCE  COUNTY,  TOWNS  

89 
105 

6,952       282 
5,831        270 

151 
1 

2 
20 
19 
2 
4 
12 

3 

4 
11 

158 
447 

1 

7 
_8 
9 

PROVIDENCE  CITY  

Charlestown  

Exeter  

Hopkinton  .    .    . 

2         21           2 
7        187         15 
7        291          12 
1         60           4 
2       130         1U 

4 

1 

North  Kingstown   

South  Kingstown  ...            , 

Hichmond  

Westerly  ... 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

19 
263 

689         43 
16,092       726 

62 
258 

5 
24 

25 
828 

WHOLE  STATE  

MANUFACTURES.  C1X 

This  completes  our  statement  of  the  statistics  relating  to  the  manu- 
factures of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  for  the  year  ending  June  1, 
1865.  We  regret  that  the  statement  could  hot  be  made  more  com- 
plete;  that  we  could  not  present  more  particulars  of  the  numerous 
manufactures  of  the  State  ;  and  that  \ve  could  not  show  a  multitude 
of  facts  relating  to  the  improvements  in  machinery,  and  the  history 
of  the  various  manufactures,  which  would  tend  to  render  the  statistics 
more  interesting.  A  full  exhibition  of  the  manufactures  of  the 
State,  in  all  their  relations,  would  show  that  there  is  hardly  a  subject, 
financial,  moral,  scientific,  sanitary,  or  political,  with  which  they  are 
not  intimately  connected  ;  that  there  is  hardly  any  matter  relating  to 
the  prosperity  and  welfare  of  the  State,  that  is  not  intimately  con- 
nected with,  and  affected  by  the  manufactures  within  its  limits. 

It  is  probable  that  this  would  be  admitted  as  a  general  truth,  in 
relation  to  every  civilized  State  and  community  ;  but  we  cannot  avoid 
the  conviction  that  the  statistics  of  manufactures,  as  given, by  the 
census  of  1865,  demonstrate  that  it  is  especially  true  in  Rhode  Island, 
and  of  especial  importance  to  the  Avelfare  of  the  State. 

The  strictly  manufacturing  interests  of  Rhode  Island,  are  probably 
greater,  in  proportion  to  its  population,  than  those  of  any  other  State 
in  the  Union  ;  and  the  influence  of  these  interests  upon  the  character 
of  the  population,  and  upon  its  moral  and  sanitary  condition,  is  proba- 
bly greater,  and  more  distinctly  felt  here,  than  in  any  other  State. 

It  is  important  then,  that  the  statistics  of  the  manufacturing 
interests,  and  their  influence  upon  the  community,  should  be  thor- 
oughly studied,  and  understood  by  our  legislators,  and  by  every  citizen 
who  has  any  regard  for  the  best  welfare  of  the  community  and  of  the 
State. 

The  interests  of  the  manufacturer,  and  of  the  State  are,  in  most 
cases,  identical  in  long  periods  of  time,  though  there  may  be  tempo- 
rary circumstances  which  may  seem  to  render  them  antagonistic. 
There  may  be,  for  example,  a  temporary  necessity  for  our  manufac- 
turers to  bring  into  the  State  large  numbers  of  persons  who  are  very 
ignorant,  and  entirely  different  in  their  all  social  characteristics,  from 
our  native  population.  But  intelligent,  skillful  labor,  which  can  only 
be  obtained  in  an  educated  population,  would  be  far  more  valuable 
to  the  manufacturers,  and  their  interests  are  identical  with  those  of 
the  State,  that  this  population  should  be  made  intelligent,  skillful, 
and  educated,  as  speedily  as  possible. 


CX  CENSUS    OF    RHODE   ISLAND,    1865. 

There  may  be  a  temporary  necessity,  (though  very  rarely,)  for 
our  manufacturers  to  neglect  proper  sanitary  precautions  in  the  con- 
struction of  tenements,  and  in  the  location  and  arrangement  of  their 
villages.  But,  in  time,  disease  is  sure  to  find  it  out,  and  to  show  the 
manufacturers  that  their  interests  are  identical  with  those  of  the 
State,  that  the  laws  of  sanitary  science  should  he  obeyed,  and  that  the 
health  of  the  population  should  be  protected. 

Similar  illustrations  might  be  given  in  relation  to  other  interests  of 
the  State,  which  are  identical  with  those  of  the  manufacturers  ;  but 
it  is  not  necessary.  It  is  not  my  purpose  to  discuss  these  questions 
only  so  far  as  to  show  the  importance  of  statistics,  upon  which  all 
intelligent  discussion  of  them,  and  all  correct  decisions  in  relation  to 
them,  must  depend. 

It  is  important,  for  a  complete  understanding  of  these  subjects,  that 
full  statistics  of  manufactures  should  be  collected  ;  that  they  should 
be  collected  frequently ;  and  that  they  should  be  obtained  correctly. 
This  has  never  been  done  under  any  census  in  this  country.  Those 
who  have  had  experience  in  taking  a  census,  know  well  that  no  por- 
tion of  it  is  so  unsatisfactory ;  none  in  which  there  is  so  great  a 
liability  to  errors,  as  in  that  relating  to  manufactures. 

The  infinite  variety  of  products ;  the  temptation  to  misrepresent 
the  facts,  either  to  conceal  profits,  or  to  conceal  losses  ;  the  want  of 
accurate  knowledge  from  the  lack  of  accurate  accounts ;  the  liability 
to  errors  where  the  facts  depend  upon  memory,  though  the  intentions 
may  be  honest ;  these,  and  many  other  reasons,  cannot  but  impair 
our  confidence  in  the  details  of  our  statistics  of  manufactures,  though, 
as  we  have  already  shown  elsewhere,  the  general  results,  and  the 
comparison  of  the  census  of  one  date  with  that  of  another,  may  be 
of  very  great  value. 

There  are  three  most  urgent  needs,  in  relation  to  the  collection  of 
statistics  in  this  country: 

1.  A  more  perfect  arrangement,  and  classification  of  the  facts  to 
be  obtained  ;  particularly  those  relating  to  manufactures. 

2.  An  entirely  different,  and  better  system  of  obtaining  the  facts. 

3.  The  education  of  the  people  to  the  habit  of  giving  the  infor- 
mation, and  to  an  appreciation  of  its  value. 

These  objects  may  be  attained,  to  a  great  extent,  by  the  national 
government,  by  making  the  census  department  a  permanent  organiza- 


CONCLUSION.  CXI 

tion,  so  that  the  experience  of  one  census  may  be  made  available  for 
the  next.  So  far  as  relates  to  manufactures,  however,  these  objects 
would  be  much  better  attained  by  State  statistical  bureaus,  which  could 
collect  the  statistics  much  more  frequently,  and  could  better  adapt 
their  plans  and  machinery  to  the  special  institutions,  wants,  and 
peculiarities  of  each  State. 

CONCLUSION,    RECAPITULATORY. 

The  total  population  of  Rhode  Island,  by  the  census  of  1*865,  was 
184,965.  The  total  value  of  the  products  of  the  State,  for  the  year 
ending  June  1,  1865,  was  as  follows  : 

Products  of  agriculture $7,590,079 

Products  of  fisheries 422,412 

Products  of  manufactures 103,106,395 

Total  value  of  products  §111,118,886 

This  shows  an  annual  production  of  601  dollars  for  each  man, 
woman,  and  child  in  the  State. 

In  Massachusetts,  the  State  census  for  th'e  same  year,  shows  a  popu- 
lation of  1,267,239,  and  the  value  of  all  the  products  foivthe  year, 
was  $517,240,613,  equal  to  408  dollars  for  each  inhabitant.  In  the 
Massachusetts  report  there  are  large  sums  for  whale,  cod,  and 
mackerel  fisheries,  coastwise  freights,  and  other  items,  which  are  not 
found  in  the  productions  as  reported  in  Rhode  Island. 


CENSUS  OF  RHODE  ISLAND, 

JUNE      1,      1865. 


T  A.  B   L  E  S  . 


PART  I. 

POPULATION 


POPULATION  :       DWELLING    HOUSES    AM)    FAMILIES. 


TABLE  I. — Showing  the  population,  number  of  dwelling  houses,  num- 
ber of  families  to  each  dwelling,  and  number  of  persons  to  each 
dwelling  and  each  family  in  each  town  of  the  State. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
op  THE  STATE. 

i   . 
*J 
il 

H 

DWELLING  HOUSES. 

Empty  Dwel- 
ling Houses.! 

Whole  No. 
Families. 

Families  to 
each  dwell'g. 

Persons  to 
each  dwell'g. 

Persons  to 
each  Family. 

£ 

JJ 

6 

1 

1 

</j 

O 

"o  6 

£ 

Barrington  

1,028 
4,649 
2,792 

163 
826 
451 

7 
11 
12 

1 
9 
1 

171 
846 
464 

i:; 
24 
15 

186!      1.0S       6.01 
1,054       1.24      5.40 
01-2      1.32      6.02 

5.52 
4.41 
4.56 

Bristol  

Warren  

BRISTOL  COUNTY 
Coventry  

8,469 

3,995 
2,400 
1,228 
7,696 

1,440 

803 
389 
277 
1,413 

30 

11 

1 

1,481 

804 
390 
277 
1,417 

52 

21 
8 
14 
95 

1,852 

921 
514 
273 
1,666 

1.25 

1.14 
1.31 
.98 
1.17 

5.71 

4.96 
6.15 
4.43 
5.43 

4.57 

433 

4.67 
449 
4.62 

East  Greenwich  .  . 
West  Greenwich. 
Warwick  

1 

3 

1 

KENT  COUNTY  .  .  . 
Jamestown  

15,319 

349 
1,197 
1,019 
12,688 
1,308 
2,158 
1,973 

2,882 

75 
261 
184 
1,861 
234 
345 
354 

4 

1 

2 
"3 

:>,*s« 

76 
264 
184 
1,909 
234 
347 
357 

138 

7 
6 
9 
120 
5 
9 
4 

3,374 

72 
294 
193 
2,549 
259 
440 
424 

1.16 

.94 
1.11 
1.04 
1.33 
1.10 
1.26 
*.18 

5.30 

4.60 
4.53 
5.53 
6.64 
5.59 
6.20 
5.52 

4.54 

4.84 
4.07 
5.28 
4.97 
5.05 
4.89 
4.65 

Little  Compton.  . 
Micldletown  

Newport  

26 

22 

New  Shoreham  .  . 
Portsmouth.  ..'... 

2 
1 

"2 

Tiverton  

NEWPORT    Co... 
Burrillville  

20,687 

4,861 
9,177 
8,216 
2,172 
1,873 
2,286 
3,436 
14,553 
5,000 
3,538 
12,315 

3,314 

804 
1,383 
1,119 
348 
388 
496 
526 
1,786 
1,065 
755 
1,588 

30 

27 

3 
6 
G 
6 
2 
1 
24 
12 
6 
17 
104 

3,371 

807 
1,393 
1,219 
360 
390 
498 
550 
1,835 
1,078 
772 
1,694 

160 

30 
21 
61 
7 
24 
28 
31 
16 
7 
89 
33 

4,231       1.25 

» 
1,088      1.34 
2,066  !      1.48 
1,726      1.41 
458       1.27 
4261      1  09 
-.17       1.03 
708      1.28 
2,940      1.60 
1,077       1.00 
821       1.06 
2,531       1.49 

6.13 

6.02 
6.59 
6.74 
6.03 
4.80 
4.59 
6.25 
7.93 
4.64 
4.58 
7.27 

4.88 

4.47 
4.44 
4.76 
4.74 
4.39 
4.42 
4.85 
4.95 
4.64 
4-31 
4.86 

Cranston  

4 
94 
6 

Cumberland  

East  Providence. 
Foster  

Glocester  

1 

Johnston.    .  . 

North  Providence 
Pawtucket  

1 

Scituate  

Smithfield  



2 

TOWNS  PROV.  Co 
PROV.  CITY  

Charlestown  
Exeter  

67,427 
54,595 

1,134 
1,498 
2,512 
3,166 
4,513 
1,830 
3,815 

10,258 
6,527 

230 
376 
482 
594 
850 
417 
689 

151 
211 

187 
35 

10,596 
6,773 

230 
376 
485 
595 
862 
417 
592 

348 
27 

12 
46 
26 
19 
43 
41 
14 

14,358 
11,393 

244 
341 
580 
696 
950 
410 
779 

1.35 

1.68 

1.06 
.90 
1.19 
1.17 
1.10 
.98 
1.31 

6.36 
8.06 

4.93 
3.98 
5.18 
5.32 
5.23 
4.38 
6.44 

4.69 
4.79 

4.64 
4.39 
4.33 
4.55 
4.75 
4.46 
4.89 

Hopkinton  

"l 
2 

3 
"16 

North  Kingstown 
South  Kingstown 
Richmond  

Westerly  

3 

.... 

WASHINGTON  Co 
WHOLE  STATE  .  . 

18,468    3,538 
184,965;  27,959 

6 
432 

13 
275 

3,557 
28,666 

201 
926 

4,000 
39,208 

1.12 
1.40 

5.19 
6.45 

4.61 
4.72 

POPULATION  :      SEX    AND    COLOR. 


TABLE  II. — SEX  AND  COLOR.     Shoioing  the  sex  and  color  of  the 
population  in  each  town  and  division  of  the  State. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

WHITES. 

COLORED. 

Whole  No. 
of  Males. 

Whole  No. 
of  Females 

_   =3 

111 

5J?8 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males   Feml's 

Total. 

Bavrington  

667 
2,072 
-  1,233 

438i 

2,432 
1,517 

1,005 
4,504 
2,750; 

15 
60 
17 

8 
85 
25 

23 
145 

42 

582 
2,132 
1,250 

446 
2,517 
1,542 

1028 
4',649 
•    2,792 

Bristol  

"Warren           

BRISTOL  COUNTY.  .  . 
Coventry       

3,872 

.    1,855 
1,095 
639 
3,538 

4,387 

2,108 
1,228 
587 
4,017 

8,259 

3,963 
.2,318 
1,226 
7,555 

92 

15 
44 

2 
73 

118 

17 

38 

210 

32 
82 
2 
141 

3,964 

1,870 
1,139 
641 
3,611 

4,505 

2,125 
1,261 
587 
4,085 

8,469 

3,995 
2,400 
1,228 
7,696 

East  Greenwich  

West  Greenwich  .... 
"Warwick      

68 

KENT  COUNTY  

7,127     7,935 

168       163 
|-      573       620 
508       501 
5,725;    6,258 
647,      631 
1,115     1,032 
953       988 

15..062 

331 
1,193 
1,009 
11,983 
1,278 
2,147 
1,941 

134 

11 
1 
5 
277 
15 
4 
14 

123 

o 

428 
15 
2 
18 

257 

1 

10 
705 
30 
6 
32 

7,261 

179 
574 
513 
6,002 
662 
1,119 
967 

8,058 

170 
623 
606 
6,686 
646 
1,034 
1,006 

15,319 

349 
1,197 
1,019 
12,688 
1,308 
2,153 
1,973 

Jamestown  

Little  Compton  

Middletown  

Newport         

New  Shorehatn  

Portsmouth  

'JTiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY.  . 
Burrillville  

9,689 

2,363 
4,574 
3,873 
1    1,038 
921 
;    1,162 
1,744 
6,990 
2,348 
1,729 
i    5,8H 

10,193     19,882 

2,478      4,841 
4,362      8,936 
4,322      8,195 
1,111       2,149 
951  i      1,872 
1,115:      2,277 
1,667      3,411 
7.503     14,493 
2,638:     4,986 
1,7117       3,526 
6,458    12,269 

327 

8 
122 
9 
12 
1 
6 
11 
33 
8 
6 
24 

478 

12 
119 
12 
11 

'3 
14 
27 
6 
'6 
22 

805 

20 
241 
21 
23 
1 
9 
25 
60 
14 
12 
46 

10,016 

2,371 

4,696 
3,882 
1,050 
922 
1,168 
1,755 
7,023 
2,356 
1.735 
5,835 

10,671     20,687 

2,490      4,861 
4,481       9,177 
4,334      8,216 
1,122      2,172 
951      1,873 
1,118      2,286 
1,681       3,436 
7,530     14,553 
2,644      5,000 
1,803       3,538 
6,480     12,315 

Cranston  

Cumberland       .  .    . 

East  Providence  
Poster  ,  

Glocester  
Johnston  

North  Providence  .  .  . 
Pawtucket  

Scituate  

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROV.  Co.. 

PROVIDENCE  CITY.. 
• 
Charlestown  

32,553 
24,505 

495 

745 
1,21,9 
1,486 
2,081 
841 
I    1,857 

34,402 
28,379 

489 
722 
1,272 
1,609 
2,153 
953 
1,914 

66,955 
52,884 

984 
1,467 
2,491 
3,095 
4,234 
1,794 
3,771 

240     232     472 
714     997  1,711 

65       85     150 
14       17       31 
11       10       21 
40.     31        71 
121      158     279 
16       20       36 
lit       25       44 

32,793 
25,219 

560 
759 
1,230 
1,526 
2,202 
857 
1,876 

34,634    67,427 

29,376     54,595 

i 

574!      1,134 
739      1,498 
1,282      2,512 
1,640      3,166 
2,311      4,513 
973      1,830 
1,939      3,815 

Exeter  

Hopkinton-  

North  Kingstown... 
South  Kingstown.  .  . 
Richmond  

Westerly,  

WASHINGTON  Co.  .  . 
WHOLE   STATE  

8,724 
86,470 

9,112 
94,408 

17,836 
.  180,878 

286 
1,793 

346 
2,294 

632 

4,087 

9,010 
88,263 

9,458;    18,468 
96,702  184,965 

POPULATION  :     PROVIDENCE    AND    NEWPORT. 


TABLE  III. — Shotving  the  particulars  of  tables  I.  and  II.,  in  the 
Cities  of  Providence  and  Newport,  by  Wards. 

CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE.     TABLE  I.     By  Wards. 


WARDS. 

' 

Total 
Popula- 
tion. 

DWELLING  HOUSES. 

Empty 
Dwelli'g 
Houses. 

I            1            I 
Whole   Families   Persons 
No.       to  each    to  each 
Families  Dwelli'g  Dwelli'g 

Persons 
to  each 

Family. 

Wood.     Brick. 

Stone. 

Whole 
No. 

First  

10,668 
4,618 
8,034 
4,667 
7,695 
10,513 
8,400 

1,257 
508 
912 
569 
872 
1,342 
1,067 

16 
82 
31 
40 
17 
15 
10 

4 

6 
3 

A 

2 

2 

1,277 
596 
946 
616 
900 
1,369 
1,079 

•8 
3 
4 
3 
2 
4 
3 

2,159 
783 
1,673 
989 
1,619 
2,352 
1,818 

1.69 
1.31 
1.76 
1.60 
1.80 
1.73 
1.68 

8.35 
7.76! 
8.49 
7.57; 
8.55 
7.73 
7.78 

4.94 
5.90 
4.80 
4.72 
4.75 
4.47 
4.62 

Second 

Third  

Fourth  

Fifth  

Sixth  

Seventh..  .  . 

Whole  City.  54,595    6,527 

211         35 

6,773 

27 

11,393 

1.68;      8.06 

4.79 

CITY  OF  NEWPORT.     TABLE  I.    By   Wards. 


Tot 
WARDS.        Pop 

tio 

,1                DWELLING   HOUSES. 

Empty     Whole 
Dwelli'g   No.  of 
Houses.  Families 

Famiii's 
to    each 
Dwelli'g 

Persons  Persons 
to    each  to    each 
Dwelli'g  (Family. 

' 

n. 

Brick.     Stone. 

Whole 
No. 

First  1 

J44       320 
358       420 
)59i       334 

•30        308 
597        479 

1-1 

C"  tO  I-1  tO  tO 

322 
425 
339 
315 

508 

14        399 
15       559 
12       442 
10       448 
69       701 

1.24 
1.31 
1.30 
1.42 
1.38 

6.04      4.87 
6.02      4.57 
G.07      4.66 
8.66      6.09 
6.68      4.84 

Second  i>. 
Third  2  ( 

3 
14 

Fourth  2, 
Fifth  3,( 

Whole  City.  12,688,    l,86l|        26}        22 
CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE 


1,909;       120    2,549!     1.331      6.64!      4.97 
TABLE  II.     By   Wards. 


WARDS. 

WHITES. 

COLORED. 

Whole 
No.  of 
Males. 

Whole      Total 
No.  of    Popula- 
Females      tion. 

Males. 

Females 

Total.      Males. 

Females 

Total. 

First  

4,820 
1,840 
3,709 
2,016 
3,649 
4,635 
3,836 

5,412 
2,322 
4,205 
2,494 
4,002 
5,457 
4,487 

10,232 
4,162 
:    7,651 
4,510 
7,651 
10,092 
8,323 

189 
180 
52 
69 
14 
176 
34 

247 
276 
68 
88 
30 
245 
43 

436 
456 
120 
157 
44 
421 
77 

5,009 
2,020 
3,761 
2,085 
3,663 
4,811 
3,870 

5,659  10,668 
2,598    4,618 
4,273     8,034 
2,582    4,667 
4,032     7,695 
5,702  10,513 
4,530     8,400 

Second  

Third  

Fourth  

Fifth  

Sixth.  .  .          

Seventh  

Whole  City  ;  . 

24,505 
T  OF 

28,379;  52,884 
NEWPORT. 

714       997 
TABLE  II. 

1,711 
By  J\ 

25,219 
rards. 

,  29,376,  54,595 

cn 

WARDS. 

WHITES. 

COLORED. 
Males.  {Females 

Whole 
No.  of 
Males. 

j               v 
Whole      Total 
No.   of  Popula- 
Females     tion. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Total. 

First  

907 
1,027 
779 
1,446 
1,566 

968 
1,311 
1,161 
1,071 
1,747 

1,875 
2,338 
1,940 
2,517 
3,313 

25 
101 
38 
81 
32 

44 

119 
81 
132 
52 

69 
220 
119 
213 
84 

932 
1,128 
817 
1,527 
1,598 

1,012     1,944 
1,430    2,558 
1,242    2,059 
1,203    2,730 
1,799!    3,397 

Second  

Third  

Fourth  

Fifth  

Whole  Citv.. 

5.7251   6,258 

11,983       277 

428 

70oi    6,002i    6,686,12,688 

POPULATION  :     NATIVITY. 


TABLE  IV. — NATIVITY.     Showing  in  general  terms  the  birth  places 

of  the  population. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

BIRTH  PLACE. 

In  the 
Town. 

Out  of  the  Out  of  the  Total  born 
Town    and  State     and  in  the  Uni- 
intheState  iu  the  U.S.  ted  States. 

Born  in 
Foreign 
Countries. 

Total 
Popula- 
tion. 

Harrington  

404 
2,620 
1,424 

193 
555 
392 

191 
694 
455 

788 
3,869 
2,271 

240 
780 
521 

1,028 
4,649 
2,792 

Bristol  

"Warren  

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

4,448 

1,725 
933 

736 
2,822 

1,140 

1,443 
914 
362 
2,454 

1,340 

353 
265 
107 
813 

6,928 

3,521 
2,112 
1,205 
6,089 

1,541 

474 
288 
23 
1,607 

8,469 

3,995 

2,400 
1,228 
7,696 

Coventry  

East  Greenwich  

West  Greenwich.  

Warwick  

KENT    COUNTY  

6,216 

193 
726 
535 
6,255 
1,199 
1,097 
1,577 

5,173 

131 
156 
322 
1,081 
60 
469 
113 

1,538 

14 

258 
83 
2,634 
42 
267 
228 

12,927 

338 
1,140 
940 
9,970 
1,301 
1,833 
1,918 

17,440 

3,367 
6.818 
•      5,449 
1,928 
1,857 
2,190 
2,699 
9,747 
3,505 
3,341 
8,761 

2,392 

11 

57 
79 
2,718 

320 

55 

15,319 

349 

1,197 
1,019 
12,688 
1,308 
2,153 
1,973 

Jamestown  

Little  Compton  

Newport  

New  Shorehani  

Portsmouth  

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

11,582 

1,682 
2,231 
2,723 
120 
1,276 
1,297 
1,151 
3,781 
1,441 
1,757 
4,013 

2,332 

915 
3,005 
1,103 
703 
373 
569 
1,193 
3,149 
918 
1,235 
2,324 

3,526 

770 
1,582 
1,623 
1,105 
208 
324 
355 
2,817 
1,146 
349 
2,424 

3,247 

1,494 

2,359 
2,767 
244 
16 
96 
737 
4,806 
1,495 
.   197 
3,554 

20,687 

»    4,861 
9,177 
8,216 
2,172 
1,873 
2,286 
3,436 
14,553 
5,000 
3,538 
12,315 

Burrillville  

Cranston  

Cumberland  

Foster  

Glocester  

Johnston  

North  Providence  

Pawtucket  

Scituate  

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  COUNTY. 
PROVIDENCE  CITY  

21,472 
21,124 

612 
862 
1,170 
1,983 
3,101 
769 
1,716 

15,487 
8,124 

396 
522 
864 
762 
838 
764 
750 

12,703 
11,945 

96 
107 
379 
193 
293 
181 
754 

49,662 
41,193 

1,104 
1,491 
2,413 
2,938 
4,232 
1,714 
3,220 

17,765 
13,402 

• 

99 
228 
281 
116 
'  595 

67,42", 
54,595 

1,134 

1.498 
2,512 
3,166 
4,513 
1,830 
3,815 

Charlestown  

Exeter  

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown  

South  Kingstown  

Richmond  

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  COUNTY.  ...... 

10,213 
75,055 

4,896 
37,152 

2,003      17,112 
33,055    145,262 

1,356 
39.703 

18,468 
184.965 

WHOLE  STATE.. 

POPULATION:    HORN  IN  RHODE  ISLAND. 


TABLE  V.— "-NATIVITY.     Shoiving  now  many  of  the   inhabitants  of 
each  town  were  born  in  each  town  and  county  in  lihode  Island. 


|                     PLACE  OP  BIRTH  IN  RHODE  ISLAND. 

PBESENT  RESIDENCE. 

i     1 

i  $ 

6 

j 

1 
• 

'a 

> 
o 

ft 

a 
I 

0 

i 

ft 

^ 
a 

H 

o 
£ 

M 

~t 

i 

i 

I 

H 
K 

m 
& 

Bnrrington  404 

7       24 
2,620      103 
88  1,424 

486 

2,727 
1,564 

i 

25 

10 

1          c,           8 
:;       21         68 
1         7         20 

Bristol  4 

9 
2 

Warren  52 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  460 

2,715  1,551 

9    .... 
.    9  ...... 

4.720 

10 
11 

11 

1,725 
62 
119 
365 

36 

78 
933 
32 
259 

6 

242 
37 
736 
118 

297 
195 
50 
2,822 

86 

2,342 
1,227 
937 
3,564 

Coventry  1 

East  Greenwich  2 

\Varwick.  ......                         ... 

14         6 

20 

KENT  COUNTY  3 

32         6 

41 

2,271 

1,302 

1,133 
1 

3,364 

8,070 

1 
2 

7 
•60 

r 

17 
4 

Little  Coinpton.  ...                        1 

i 

90 

7 

1 

'io 
"3 

1 

1 
18 
3 
6 
2 

Middletown  ... 

2  
66       21 
1          1 
33         4 
6         1 

4 

29 
3 
2 
2 

2 
3 
1 
6 

New  Shoreham  ... 

Portsmouth  

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY  i    4 

108        27 

1         6 
31        2i 
Jl          5 
21        17 
1  

139 

8 

56 
16 
62 
1 
2 
11 
69 
24 
6 
25 

14 

i 

11G 
32 
21 
32 
9 
27 
113 
19 
156 
67 

40 

13 

31 

11 
277 
41 
27 
14 
7 
54 
149 
62 
61 
90 

98 

19 
472 
90 
60 
61 
25 
93 
328 
80 
256 
207 

Burrillville  '           1 

Cranston  1 

49 
13 
2 
7 
1 
9 
42 
8 
17 
37 

33 

4 
7 
8 
8 
3 
24 

22 
18 

East  Providence  ,    ...    24 

Foster  .  .    

Glocester  ..      2 

Johnston  1 

6         4 
37       26 
11        11 
3         1 
9       11 

North  Providence  6 

Pawtucket  |     2 

Scituate  1 

Smithfield.'.  .  .                                  5 

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  COUNTY 
PROVIDENCE  CITY  

45     129     105 
105     297      268 
1         1 

279 
670 

2 
4 

600 
317 

11 
27 
58 
31 
6 
23 
10 

185 
247 

"36 
11 

56 
8 
12 

11 

123 
82 

6 
86 
32 
30 
6 
42 
12 

783 
828 

19 
19 
37 
86 
26 
21 
48 

1,691 
1,474 

36 
168 
138 
203 
45 
98 
81 

Charlestown  

Exeter  

4  

Hopkinton         ....           ... 

North  Kingstown  

1         8         1 
8  

10 
8 
3 

South  Kingstown  

Richmond  

1  2 

Westerly  

1  ...    . 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

2       22         4 
619  3,303  1  961 

28 
5,883 

166 
3,379 

134      213 
1,944  1,569 

256 
5,296 

769 
12,188 

WHOLE  STATE..  . 

POPULATION  :      BORN    IN    RHODE    ISLAND. 


TABLE  V.  NATIVITY. — CONTINUED.  Showing  Jioiv  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  each  town  were  born  in  each  town  and  county  in 
Rhode  Island. 


PLACE  OF  BIRTH  IN  RHODE  ISLANB. 


PRESENT    RESIDENCE. 

Jamestown. 

Little  Compton 

Middletown. 

. 
Newport1 

New  Shoreham 

Portsmouth. 

'iiverton. 

NEWPORT  Co. 

Burrillville. 

Cranston. 

Cumberland. 

. 

Barrington  

2 

1 

5 

7 

1 

6 
57 
35 

2 
65 
18 

3 

14 
10 

14 

151 

68 

5 

2 
6 

7 
12 
2 

Bristol  

13 
4 

1 

Warren 

BRISTOL  COUNTY.  .  . 

6 
1 

2 

8 

98 

10 
26 
8 
40 

17 

'      5 
32 

75 

27 

3 
o 

233 

19 
70 
9 
86 

1 

10 

13 

81 
20 
11 
209 

21 

13 
13 

Coventry  

East  Greenwich..  . 

5 

2 
1 
1 

3 

West  Greenwich              - 

"27 

"Warwick  

8 

0 

15 

14 

11 

20 

KENT  COUNTY  

3 

8 

4 

11 

84 

23 
5 
131 
6,255 
9 
86 
14 

52 
4 

"27 
65 
1,199 
15 

17 

15 
13 
84 
112 
2 
1,097 
32 

16 

2 
97 
8 
39 
8 
80 
1,577 

184 

248 
861 
801 
6,666 
1,221 
1,398 
1,668 

37 

321 

46 

Jamestown  

Little  Compton.             i... 

726    20 
10535 
22136 

15r94 
36     9 



4 

1 

Middletown          .  .  . 

6 
47 
2 
11 

Newport  

11 

7 

New  Shoreham 

Portsmouth    ...    . 

6 

7 
1 

Tiverton  .      .                 . 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  .... 

259 

810805  6,523  1,300  1,355  1,811  12,863  .....'        21        16 

Burrillville  

1 
2 
1 

8 
91 
13 
17 
4 

"J2 
"3 

6 
21 
2 
20 

2 
7 

1 
7 

17 
145 
30 
52 
4 
4 
17 
120 
48 
20 
71 

1,682 
17 
60 

""3 
99 
5 
45 
5 
42 
151 

7 
2,231 
23 
19 
23 
10 
103 
85 
22 
86 
74 

73 
37 
2,723 
9 
2 
20 
17 
217 
85 
21 
453 

Cranston  

9 
1 
4 

3 
12 

1 

Cumberland  

East  Providence  

Foster  

9 

i 

2 
3 
17 
2 
4 
6 

'"ii 

12 

-ii 

Johnston  

1 
6 
7 

"e 

10 
62 
19 
13 

37 

1 
3 

"i 

i 

North  Providence  
Pawtucket  .... 

3 

2 
1 
2 

10 

6 

1 
8 

Scituate  

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROV.  Co  
PROVIDENCE  CITY.... 
Charles  town  

22 
29 
1 

43 

74 

24 
24 

274 
659 

4 
12 
14 

25 
81 
2 

25 

21 
37 

14 
3 

19 
24 

2 
22 

83 
91 

P 

97 

528 
1,011 

19 
18 
21 
66 
146' 
9 
49 

2,109 
122 

"2 

"3 

1 
4 

2,683 
549 

3 
7 
16 
14 
8 
11 
7 

3,657 
404 

"3 
4 
6 
1 

"2 

Exeter  

1 

4. 
3 
20 
1 
I 

Hopkinton  

2 
3 
9 
1 

"i 

3 

North  Kingstown  
South  Kingstown  
Richmond  

15 

7 
2 

"2 
1 
1 

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  COUNTY. 
WHOLE  STATE  .  . 

5 

946 

25 
340 

15 

880 

163 

7,801 

85 
1,512 

31 
1.652 

4 

2,016 

328 
15,147 

10 

2,279 

66 
3,653 

16 
4,160 

POPULATION  :     BORN    IN    RHODE    ISLAND. 


TABLE  V.  NATIVITY. — CONTINUED.  Showing  how  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  each  town  were  born  in  each  town  and  county  in 
Rhode  Island. 


PRESENT  RESIDENCE. 

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PLACE  OF  BIRTH  IN  RHODE  ISLAND. 

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21         TO        129 
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2 

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22 
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178 

30 

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29 

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525 
105 
35 
642 

347 

59 
78 
6 
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East  Greenwich  

^V^est  Greenwich  

AVarwiok  

22 

6 

154 

33 

105 

39 
1 

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452 
2 

110 
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1,307 

3 
7 
6 
57 
2 
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4 

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197 
14 

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1 

18 

New  Shorehatn  

1 

1 

Portsmouth   

1 
1 

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4 
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Burrillville  

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2 

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62 
14 
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1,276 
102 
63 
39 
4 
334 
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184 
18 
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1,151 
182 
17 
96 
147 

20 

22 
45 
87 
35 
11 
18 
69 
3,781 
155 
22 
249 

10 

14 

85 
148 
36 
11 
151 
76 
97 
137 
23 
1,757 
168 

14        105 

189    2,474 
91     2,857 
467     3,468 
4',i       260 
12    1,541 
121     1,794 
90    1,666 
532    5,090 
208    2,006 
7'.i     2,547 
4,013    5,540 

268 

56 
1,520 
160 
347 
21 
37 
229 
1,103 
166 
89 
321 

Cranston  

2 

7 

120 

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Glocester  

Johnston  . 

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1 
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Smithfield  

6 

TOWNS  PROV.  Co  
PROVIDENCE  CITY.... 

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226 

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601 

5,851 
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4,059 

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38 
36 
60 
41 
30 
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4,049 
21,124 

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North  Kin°°stown  

South  Kingstown  

Richmond  

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WASHINGTON  COUNTY. 
WHOLE  STATE.  .  . 

171 

14 

2,376 

15 
2.540 

12 
2.461 

28 
5,321 

11 
1.569 

42 
3,808 

37 
6.759 

251 
35,097, 

197 
26,416 

POPULATION  :    BORN    IN    RHODE    ISLAND. 


TABLE  V. —  Continued.  NATIVITY. — Showing  how  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  each  town  were  born  in  each  town  and  county  in 
Rhode  Island. 


PRESENT  RESIDENCE. 

PLACE  OF  BIRTH  IN  RHODE  ISLAND. 

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3,175 
1,816 

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7 
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Coventry  

13 

7 
12 
5 
31 

5 

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57 
55 
133 

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11 
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5,588 

3,168 
1,847 
1,098 
5,276 

East  Greenwich  

West  Greenwich  

AVarwick  

KENT  COUNTY  

55 

2 

314 

2 
1 
2 
11 

64 

479 

15 

1 

2 
38 
4 

7 

287 

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857 
7,336 
1,259 
1,566 
1,690 

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Middletown  

2 
11 

1 
3 
1 

1 

19 

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Newport  

10 
3 
1 

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New  Shoreham   . 

Portsmouth  

7 

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Burrillville  

18 

1 
10 
1 

23 

4 
33 
13 
8 
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32 
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14 

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2,597 
5,236 
3,826 
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1,649 
1,866 
2,344 
6,930 
2,359 
2,992 
6,337 

Cranston  

Cumberland  

East  Providence  

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Glocester  

Johnston  

2 

7 

4 

46 
10 
21 
57 

2 
33 
10 
10 
39 

4 
34 

4 
8 
6 

North  Providence.  .  .  . 
Pawtucket  

5 
3 
4 
11 

11 
1 
3 
4 

Scituate  

2 

7 

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROV.  Co.  .  . 
PROVIDENCE  CITY.. 
Charlestown  

30 
35 

612 
12 
74 
7 
121 
106 
144 

184 
84 

26 
862 
138 
160 
117 
128 
29 

42 

35 

42 
31 
1,170 
7 
24 
161 
156 

233 
341 

15 
97 
21 
1,983 
145 
23 
19 

186 
179 

71 
56 
82 
178 
3,101 
158 
126 

89 
73 

112 

78 
194 
18 
103 
769 
72 

36 
37 

53 
5 
134 
8 
37 
25 
1,716 

800 

784 

931 
1,141 
1,813 
2,361 
3,648 
1,370 
2,262 

369 
126 

2 

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36,959 
29,248 

1,008 
1,384 
2,034 
2,745 
3,939 
1,533 
2,466 

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Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown  ... 
South  Kingstown  .  .  . 
Richmond  

WASHINGTON  Co.... 
WHOLE  STATE  .  . 

1,076 
1,227 

1,460 
2.070 

1,591 
1,751 

2,303 
3,448 

3,772 
4.693 

1,346 
1,608 

1,978 
2,111 

13,526 
16.908 

10 

568 

15,109 
112.207 

10 


POPULATION  :    BORN    IN    THE   UNITED    STATES. 


TABLE  VI.  NATIVITY. — /Showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of 
each  town  and  county  of  the  /State  were  born  in  each  of  the  United 
States. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

PLACE  OF  BIRTH.—  UNITED  STATES. 

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166 
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73 
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9 
10 
121 
8 
21 
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5 

1 

10 

5 

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41 

1 
3 
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10 
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Little  Compton  

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Middletown  

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5 

5 

Newport  

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21 

25 

28 

14 

3 

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New  Shoreham  

3 

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3 

1 

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179 

160 
181 
167 
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2 

182 
86 

1 
10 
135 
37 
18 
122 

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1 

304 
66 
120 
295 

5 
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12 
5 

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Pawtucket  

9 

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Smithfield  

1 

1 

7 

2 

3 

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2 

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  COUNTY. 
'PROVIDENCE  CITY  
Charlestown.  .             

8 

5 

6 

12 

1,756 
1,683 

75 
71 
255 
53 
114 
109 
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1 

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10 
6 
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1 

3 

1 

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Westerly  

6 



5 

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WASHINGTON  COUNTY.. 

1 
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1,174 
5,439 

6 

98 

18 

4 
108 

7 
114 

4'J 

5 
45 

11 

1 
44 

3 

32 

1,310 

1.3 

6 

POPULATION  :    BORN    IN    THE    UNITED    STATES. 


11 


TABLE  VI. —  Continued.  NATIVITY. — Showing  how  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  each  town  and  county  of  the  State  were  born  in  each 
of  the  United  States. 


TOWNS    AND  DIVISIONS 
OF   THE  STATE. 

PLACE  OF   BIRT  U.  —UNITED  STATES. 

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13 
2 

135 
429 

368 

3 
13 
8 

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2 

22 
107 
25 

2 
4 

7 

13 

2 
2 

Bristol 

4 

1 

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Warren  

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

18 

932 

109 
81 
9 
308 

4 

1 

1 

24 

2 
11 
1 

6 

1 
3 

154 

36 
42 
9 
86 

1 
1 

Coventry      .  '.  

East  Greenwich  

•• 

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"Warwick  

5 

10 

8 

3 

2 

KENT  COUNTY      .         

5 

507 

4 

226 
26 
821 
18 
158 
189 

1 

1 

24 

12 

1 
3 

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1 
9 
2 

173 

4 
9 
20 
613 
6 
31 
10 

4 

6 

Little  Compton  

1 
1 
41 
2 
13 
4 

2 

17 

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48 

Middletown      .,  

4 
218 

Newport  

21 

6 

9 

12 

New  Shoreham     .                     

Portsmouth  

1 

1 

3 

1 

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY.  ...         

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6 

y 

52 

1 
5 

7 

223 

2 

71 

1,442 

478 
632 
1,100 
897 
42 
98 
178 
1,852 
841 
146 
1,512 

12 

62 

24 
54 
80 
21 
1 
5 
14 
115 
43 
11 
82 

83 

1 
31 

7 
9 

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4 
33 
11 
1 
12 

692 

38 
201 
101 
33 
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19 
41 
217 
70 
15 
165 

•2-2 

1 
6 
1 

Burrillville.  

Cranston  

Cumberland     .            

1 
1 
1 

1 

East  Providence  

10 

Foster  

2 
1 

Glocester  

Johnston  ,  

1 

7 
6 
4 
4 

'2 
1 

1 

North  Providence  

9 

8 
9 

Paw  tucket  

1 
1 
1 

Scituate  

Sinithfield  .^  .  .  . 

6 

1 

18 

TOWNS   PROVIDENCE  COUNTY  
PROVIDENCE  CITY  

105 
259 

7,776 
6,344 
8 

12 
15 
1 

2 
3 

1 
5 

8 
13 

450 

503 

1 
2 

110 
138 

914 
1,219 

7 
9 
69 
28 
69 
19 
112 

17 
86 

51 
59 

Charlestown  

Exeter  

20 
34 
71 
61 

38 
87 

1 
1 

Hopkinton  i  

1 

2 
2 
3 
1 

North  Kingstown  

1 
3 
1 
1 

2 

'i 

i 

'2 
1 

5 
9 

"2 

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5 
5 
9 

South  Kingstown  

Kichmond  

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

2 
14 

6 
616 

-  319 
17,320 

3 

00 

2 
18 

a 

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19 
1,082 

23 
371 

303 
3,455 

1 
81 

8 
189 

WHOLE  STATE  .  . 

12 


POPULATION :    BORN    IN    THE    UNITED  STATES. 


TABLE  VI. —  Continued.  NATIVITY. — Shouing  Jiow  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  each  town  and  county  of  the  State  were  born  in  each 
of  the  United  States. 


PLACE  OF  BIRTH.—  UNITED  STATES. 

Total  born 
in 
United 
States. 

TOWNS   AND  DIVISIONS 

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1           597 
18        3,175 
4        1,816 

788 
3,869 
2,271 

Bristol.  .   ..."  

7  .... 

1     1 

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BRISTOL  COUNTY  

23        5,588 

5        3,168 
8        1,847 
1        1,098 
33        5,276 

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13 

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1 

2 

1 

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8 
6 
10 
8 

6,928 

3.521 
2,112 
1,205 
6,089 

Coventry  .- 

1 

1 

West  Greenwich  

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1  ....      17     10  6.... 

KENT    COUNTY  

47       11,389 
324 

2 

1 

36 

13 
1 

8 

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32 
1 

12,927 

338 
1,140 
940 
9,970 
1,301 
1,833 
1,918 

Little  Compton  .. 

882 

4 

Middletown  

2           857 
99        7,336 
1         1,259 

4 

3 
29 

Newport  

11 

5 

1 

20 

71 

10 

45 

New  Shoreham  

2        1,566 
1690 

1 
7 

2 

1 

8 

1 

1 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  !  ' 

204      13,914 

6j       2,597 
36        5,236 
10!       3,826 
7           823 
4        1,649 
1        1,866 
1        2,344 
26        6,930 
22        2,359 
14        2,992 
19        6,337 

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48 
70 
16 
4 
3 
9 
60 
9 
7 
95 

352 
280 

2 
1 

79 

1 
14 
5 
2 
2 
2 
2 
9 
4 
2 
5 

18 

2 
17 

45     34 

1 
3    207 

17,440 

3,367 
6,818 
5,449 
1,928 
1,857 
2,190 
2699 
9,747 
3,505 
3,341 
8,761 

Burrillville.     ....*,           ... 

Cranston  

East  Providence  

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4 

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1 
5 

8 

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9 
63 

Smithfield  

7 

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TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  Co  ] 
PROVIDENCE   CITY  ' 

L46      36,959 
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1,008 
2        1,384 
4        2,034 
1        2,745 
13        3,939 
1  533 

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37 

48 
102 
1 

36 

9 

6 

37 

292 
116 

49,662 
41,193 

1,104 
1,491 
2,413 
2,938 
4,232 
1,714 
3,220 

Charlestown  
Exeter  

Hopkinton  

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6 
6 
4 
2 
3 

2 
4 

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8 

3 
4 
1 

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1 

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Westerly  

6        2.466 

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8 

4 

1 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

25       15,109    1 
37     112.207  70 

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24 

748 

17    5 
27276 

1        8       17,112 
91   483     145.262 

WHOLE  STATE.  .                    .     " 

POPULATION  :    BORN  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES. 


13 


TABLE  VII.     NATIVITY. — Showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of 
each  town  in  the  /State  were  born  in  each  foreign  country. 


TOWNS    AND  DIVISIONS 
OF   THE   STATE. 

PLACE  OF  BIRTH.—  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES. 

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3 

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9 

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231 

140 
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1 
314 

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KENT  COUNTY  

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473 

• 

481 

3 
7 
9 
461 
4 
28 
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New  Shoreham     

Portsmouth    

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

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l 

90 

325 
110 
539 
22 
3 
15 
9 
100 
34 

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1 
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1 

521 

261 
410 
346 
27 
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191 
942 
369 
43 
698 

59 

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12 
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Burrillville  

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East  Providence  

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North  Providence  

Pawtucket  

Scituate  

Sinithfield     ...         .         ......... 

6 

22 

.... 

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  COUNTY  
PROVIDENCE   CITY  

2 

4 

4 

•- 

1,853 
589 

6 

•5 

1 
4 

3,312 
1,606 

6 
1 
41 
16 

36 
23 
208 

21 
53 

216 
416 
11 

5 

Exeter  

1 

19 

1 

"5 

2 
6 
15 
11 
27 

.... 

North  Kingstown.        

92 
3 
20 
13 

South  Kingstown.        

1 

llichinond  

WASHINGTON  COUNTY            

— 

1 

148 
3,384 

1 

1 
14 

6 

331 
6,478 

5 
146 

72 
897 

5 

WHOLE  STATE  .  . 

4 

14 

ft 

2 

14 


POPULATION  I    BORN  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES. 


TABLE  VII. —  Continued.  NATIVITY. — Showing  how  many_  of  the 
inhabitants  of  each  town  in  the  State  were  born  in  each  foreign 
country. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OP  THE  STATE. 

PLACE  OF  BIRTH.—  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES. 

Holland. 

H  ungary. 

j*> 

"3 

M 

Ireland. 

1 

1 

Norway. 

Portugal  and 
Western  Islands. 

Poland. 

£ 

CA 

3 

°3 

Q, 
02 

B.irrington  

69 
490 

Bristol  

8 

"Warren  

1 

368 

1 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  ,  



1 

927 

165 
183 
19 
867 

<» 

Coventry  

1 

1 

1,234 

8 
32 
58 
1,921 

8 

3 

1 

.... 

6 

.... 

I 

2 

274 
22 

Tiverton  

1 

7 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

— 

— 

4 

2,315 

873 
1,693 
1,821 

1 

.... 

21 

1 

2 

1 

2 

.... 

7 

13 

1 

175 
10 
57 

450 
3,490 
1,033 

9 

Glocester  . 

5 

4 

.... 

2 
2 

1 

Pawtucket  

Scituate  

147 
1,961 

Smithfield  

2 

8 

8 

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  COUNTY  
PROVIDENCE  CITY  „ 

6 

10 

777 
i 

8 
24 

11,710 
10,130 

8 
3 
27 
111 
206 
55 

.... 

14 
15 

10 
28 

1 
4 

3 
4 

1 

Exeter  

Hopkinton  

1 

1 

\Vesterly  

304 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY.    . 

— 

714 
27,030 

1 

1 
4 

WHOLE  STATE... 

17 

i 

37 

1 

29 

75 

5 

6 

POPULATION  :    BORN  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES. 


15 


TABLE  VII. —  Continued.  NATIVITY. — Showing  how  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  each  town  in  the  State  were  horn  in  each  foreign 
country. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

PLACE  OF  BIRTH.—  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES. 

Sandwich 
Islands. 

South  America. 

Scotland  and 
Wales. 

Sweden. 

Switzerland. 

0) 

a 

_3j 

B 

*j 
oa 

West  Indies. 

a- 

a 
O 

a. 

1 

A 

•a  a 

S    i- 
o    o 
H  B 

2 

1 
1 

1 
20 
1 

240 
780 
521 

Bristol  

1 

33 
18 

1 

.... 

Warren         

3 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

1 

3 

53 
5? 

1 

2 

22 

1,541 

474 
.    288 
23 
1,607 

?4 

^Vest  Greenwich  ^  

? 

AVarwick      

106 

1 

1 

184 

1 

1 

2,392 

11 

57 
79 
2,718 
7 
320 
55 

Jamestown  

6 

1 

Middlctown  

? 

3 

New  port  

2 

73 

2 

2 

.... 

New  Shoreham  ,  .  . 

?, 

Tiverton  

1 

1 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  .  .         

9 

84 
?,1 

2' 

4 

3 

3,247 

1,494 
2,359 
2,767 
244 
16 
96 
737 
4,806 
1,495 
197 
3,554 

Burrillville  

53 

14 

f)9 

19 

. 

Foster  

- 

9 

79 

North  Providence  

160 
40 

1 

1 

Scituate  

6 

Smithfield  

157 

7 

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  COUNTY  

575 
425 
6 

14 
11 

8 
18 

4 

1 
20 

1 

17,765 
13,402 

^30 
7 
99 
228 
281 
116 
595 

PROVIDENCE  CITY  

6 

12 

Charlestown  

Exeter  

9 

q 

9 

South  Kingstown  

14 

Richmond  

7 

Westerly,  

43 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

89 

1,356 
39,703 

WHOLE  STATE  .  . 

9 

16 

1403 

28 

31 

6 

47 

1 

16 


POPULATION  :    NATIVITY PROVIDENCE  AND  NEWPORT. 


TABLE  VIII.     NATIVITY. — Sliouing  the  particulars  of  Table  IV, 
in  the  cities  of  Providence  and  Newport,  by  Wards. 

CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE.     TABLE  IV.     By  Wards. 


WARDS. 

BIRTH  PLACE. 

Total  Population 

In  the  City. 

Out  of  the  City 
and  in  the  State. 

Out  of  the  State 
and  in  the  U.  8. 

Total  born  in  the 
United  States. 

Born  in  Foreign 
Countries. 

First  ~.  

3,911 
1,783 
3,561 
1,814 
2,921 
3,938 
3,196 

1,282 
556 
746 
759 
992 
2,368 
1,421 

2,275 
1,216 
1,685 
1,152 
1,704 
2,435 
1,478 

7,468 
3,555 
5,992 
3,725 
5,617 
8,741 
6,095' 

3,200 
1,063 
2,042 
942 
2,078 
1,772 
2,305 

10,668 
4,618 
8,034 
4,667 
7,695 
10,513 
8,400 

Second  

Third  

Fourth  

Fifth  

Sixth  

Seventh  

Whole  city  .  . 

21,124 

8,121 

11,945 

41.193 

13,402 

54,595 

CITY  OF  NEWPORT.     TABLE  IV.    By  Wards. 


WARDS. 

BIRTH  PLACE. 

Total  Population. 

In  the  City. 

Out  of  the  City 
and  in  the  State. 

1  Out  of  the  State 
co  &>  £  £  co  1  and  in  the  U.  S. 

CO  05  1x3  ^I  CO 

C     u 

i! 

•a  -a 

11 

H  & 

1,700 
2,108 
1,715 
2,280 
2,167 

Born  in  Foreign 
Countries. 

First  

1,269 
1,346 
1,086 
1,092 
1,462 

143 
315 
187 
219 
217 

244 
450 
344 
450 
1,230 

1,944 

2,558 
2,059 
2,730 
3,397 

Third  

Fourth      

Fifth  

Whole  citv.. 

6,255 

1,081 

2,634 

9,970 

2.718 

12.688 

POPULATION  :       NATIVITY.       PROVIDENCE.  17 

TABLE  IX.  NATIVITY. — Being  table  Vfor  the  City  of  Providence, 
by  Wards  ;  shoiving  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  Ward,  in 
the  City  of  Providence,  were  born  in  each  toivn  and  county  in  Rhode 
Island. 


BIRTII  PLACE  IN 
RHODE  ISLAND. 

WARDS  :    CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE. 

£> 

c 

ja 
'o 
M 

& 

105 

297 
268 

I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

Barrington  

10 
13 
24 

6 
31 
34 

34 
75 
50 

19 
31 
33 

9 
61 
39 

17 
69 
46 

10 
27 
42 

Bristol.  .  ^  

Warren  

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

47 

43 
28 
18 
74 

71 

11 
20 
8 
43 

159 

19 
23 
5 

48 

83 

24 
20 
2 

98 

109 

44 

36 
9 
106 

122 

108 
74 
34 

308 

79 

68 
46 
6 
151 

670 

317 
247 

82 
828 

Coventry  

East  Greenwich  

West  Greenwich  

Warwick.  

KENT  COUNTY  

163 

4 
7 
3 
89 
2 
10 
13 

82 

"*6 
3 
70 
3 
10 
10 

95 

4 
14 
3 
131 
9 
12 
15 

144 

3 
19 
4 
74 
11 
12 
6 

195 

1 
10 
3 

78 

A 

5 
14 

524 

17 
14 

8 
134 
5 
24 
24 

271 

"i 

"83 
5 
18 
15 

1,474 

29 
74 
24 
659 
37 
91 
97 

Jamestown  

L/ittle  Compton  

Middletown  

Newport  

New  Shoreham.  .  . 

Portsmouth      .     . 

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

128 

42 
44 
121 

102 

8 
17 
40 

188 

9 
35 
43 
2 
3 
9 
11 
44 

129 

4 
42 

41 

"7 
31 
27 
55 

113 

22 
89 
43 
2 
11 
17 
50 
87 

226 

28 
234 
67 
2 
112 
99 
171 
117 

125 

9 
88 
49 

"67 
57 
118 
137 

1,011 

122 

549 
404 
6 
226 

277 
435 
722 

Burrillville  

Cranston  

Cumberland  

East  Providence.    . 

Foster  ,  

21 
42 
50 
227 

5 
22 
8 
55 

Glocester  

Johnston  

North  Providence  

Pawtucket  

Scituate  

52 
201 

16 

46 

26 

44 

46 
66 

56 
74 

242 
160 

163 
126 

.  601 
717 

Smiihfield.  ,  

TOWNS  PROT.  Co  

800 
3,911 

3 
10 
4 
57 
34 
13 
8 

217 
1,783 

3 
3 
2 
27 
17 
1 
5 

226 
3,561 

4 
5 
2 
23 
16 
8 
10 

319 
1,814 

3 
5 
4 
30 
15 
4 
2 

451 
2,921 

4 
12 
5 
45 
18 
12 
2 

1,232 
3,938 

12 
32 
11 
116 
50 
27 
4 

814 
3,196 

6 
17 
7 
43 
30 

4,059 
21,124 

35 
84 
35 
341 
179 
73 
37 

784 
126 
29.248 

PROVIDENCE  CITY  
Charlestown  

Exeter  

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown  

South  Kingstown. 

Richmond  j 

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  COUNTY..  . 
R.  I.  town  not  given  
WHOLE  STATE.  . 

129 
15 
5.193 

58 
26 
2.339 

67 
11 
4.307 

63 
21 
2.573 

98 
26 
3.913 

252 
12 
6.306 

117 
15 
4.617 

18 


POPULATION  :       NATIVITY.       NEWPORT. 


TABLE  X.  NATIVITY. — Being  table  V  for  the  City  of  Neivport, 
bg  Wards ;  showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  Ward, 
in  the  City  of  Newport,  were  born  in  each  town  and  county  in 
Rhode  Island. 


WARDS  :    CITY  OF  NEWPORT. 

Whole  City. 

BIRTH  PLACE  IN  RHODE  ISLAND. 
I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

Barrington  .... 

2 
21 
9 

"li 

•2 

1 
9       »3 
4           4 

3 
66 

21 

Bristol  12 

Warren  2 

32 

1 
4 

13 

"9 

2 
5 

14 

6 
12 
1 

4 

17 

3 
2 

"e 

90 

10 
29 
3 
18 

East  Greenwich  2 

Warwick  3 

KENT   COUNTY  5 

5 

6 

9 
79 
1,346 
17 
41 
4 

16 

6 
4 
16 
1,086 
10 
26 
11 

23 

12 
6 
11 
1,092 
11 
10 
4 

11 

14 
i 

19 
1,462 
7 
25 
12 

60 

47 
22 
136 
6,255 
55 
112 
39 

Jamestown  10 

Little  Compton  

Middletown  

Newport  1,269 

New  Shoreham  

Portsmouth  10 

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY...                                      1,320    1,501    1,159    1,146 

1,540    6,666 

Cranston  

5 

•2 

3 

1 

11 

Cumberland  

2 

1 

. 

2 

2 

7 

2 

2 

4 

1 

1 

North  Providence  

2 

1 

2 

6 

7 

18 

Pawtucket  . 

1 

1 

Scituate  

1 

2 

2 

2 

7 

Smithfield  

2 

2 

3 

1 

8 

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  COUNTY  

11 

10 

6 

17 

13 

57 

PROVIDENCE  CITY  

26 

44 

42 

53 

32 

197 

Charlestown  

1 

1 

5 

1 

2 

10 

Exeter  

1 

4 

1 

2 

3 

11 

Hopkinton  

3 

1 

1 

4 

2 

11 

North  Kingstown  

4 

9 

7 

4 

14 

38 

South  Kingstown  

24 

51 

17 

34 

39 

165 

1 

1 

1 

3 

Westerly  

2 

3 

5 

4 

5 

19 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

36 

69 

37 

49 

66 

257 

9 

' 

9 

WHOLE  STATE  .  . 

1,412 

1,661 

1,273 

1,311 

1,679 

7,336 

POPULATION :       NATIVITY.       PROVIDENCE. 


19 


TABLE  XI.  NATIVITY.— Being  table  VI,  for  the  City  of  Provi- 
dence, by  Wards  showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  Ward 
in  the  City  of  Providence,  loere  born  in  each  of  the  United  States. 


BIRTH  PLACE  IN  THE 
UNITED  STATES. 

WARDS  :    CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE- 

Whole  City. 

I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

1 

i 

172 
13 
1 
13 
4 
2 

3 
3 
161 

3 
2 
7 
3 

2 
2 
169 
3 
3 
10 

2 
1 
229 
1 

"3 
9 

8 
12 
1,683 
60 
9 
-    45 
25 
7 
10 
3 
11 
6 
692 
259 
6,344 
15 
3 
5 
13 
503 
138 
1,219 
36 
59 
292 
29,248 
37 
6 
1 
280 
102 
9 
37 
116 

California  .    

3 

483 
6 
3 
3 
1 
1 
3 

235 

8 

"2 
4 
1 
1 

Connecticut     

234 
26 

Delaware        

Florida  

Georgia  

7 
4 
3 
2 

I 

\ 
114 
39 
1,165 
5 
1 
1 
2 
99 
37 
294 
8 
10 
76 
5,193 
5 

Illinois   

Indiana  

Iowa  

2 

.... 

2 

Kansas     .  .         ......   .  . 

1 

"66 
62 
500 
1 

1 

1 
79 
26 
1,030 

1 
3 
50 
18 
655 

2 

"76 
9 
1,013 

2 
1 
127 
*  91 
1,180 
7 
2 
1 
2 
97 
19 
221 
10 
15 
47 
6,306 
10 
1 

"80 
14 
801 
2 

"i 

62 
18 
151 
8 
8 
31 
4,617 
3 
2 

Maine  

Maryland  

Massachusetts    

Michigan  

Minnesota.    ..          ... 

Mississippi  

1 

"55 
31 
124 
5 
4 
59 
2,339 
1 
2 

"3 
52 
"13 

167 

"e 

39 
4,307 

7 

1 
1 
57 
8 
98 
4 
11 
17 
2,573 
4 
1 

1 

4 
81 
12 
164 
1 
5 
23 
3,913 
7 

Missouri  

New  Hampshire  

New  Jersey  

New  York  , 

Ohio  

Pennsylvania  

Rhode  Island  

South  Carolina  

Tennessee  

Texas  

1 
50 
13 

Vermont  

28 
34 

41 

18 
2 
11 
5 

26 
5 

"2 
1 

47 
3 
3 
1 
5 

56 
22 
4 
11 
6 

32 

7 

"l 
4 

District  of  Columbia  
U.  S.  State  not  given.  .  .  . 

Totals  born  in  U.  S  
None  b#rn  in  Arkansas, 

4 
66 

7 
29 

7,468    3,555 
Oregon,  or  in 

5,992 
the  Te 

3,725 
rritorie 

5,617. 

Sv 

8,741 

6,095 

41,193 

20 


POPULATION  :       NATIVITY.       NEWPORT. 


TABLE  XII.  NATIVITY.— Being  table  VI,  for  the  City  of  Newport, 
by  Wards  ;  showing  how  many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  Ward  in 
the  City  of  Newport,  were  born  in  each  of  tlie*United  States. 


BIRTH  PLACE  IN  THE 
UNITED  STATES. 

WAKDS  :   CITY  OF  NEWPORT. 

Whole  City. 

I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

Alabama  .". 

1 

2 
1 
5 
43 
7 
1 
1 
24 
17 
12 
1 
14 
2 
30 
82 
181 
9 
3 
3 
12 
18 
24 
233 
5 
87 
95 
1,311 

"2 
1 
7 
38 
10 
24 
25 

"is 

3 

1 

3 

"2 
1 
2 
4 
5 
17 
37 
172 
3 
3 
1 

**8 

19 
134 

2 
5 
39 
1,679 
1 

"5 
4 

"i 
1 

3 
1 
5 
121 
23 
3 
21 
25 
28 
14 
3 
24 
•    15 
84 
218 
821 
21 
6 
9 
12 
41 
67 
613 
17 
48 
199 
7,336 
11 
5 
1 
20 
71 
10 
45 
27 
2 

Arkansas    

California  

Connecticut  

22 
3 

24 

6 

17 
4 
1 
5 
1 
1 
1 

Delaware  

Florida  

Georgia  ....                 ... 

1 

11 

Illinois  

Indiana  

8 

Iowa  

Kansas  

Kentucky  

3 
3 
13 
11 
140 
1 

1 
4 

9 
39 
178 
5 

2 
1 
15 
49 
150 
3 

Louisiana  

Maine  

Maryland  

Massachusetts  

Michigan  

Minnesota  

Mississippi  

5 

Missouri  

New  Hampshire  

9 

5 
"  12 
89 
1 
2 
27 
1,661 
4 

I 
12 
110 
3 
3 
27 
1,273 
5 

New  Jersey.-  

New  York  

47 
6 
1 
11 
1,412 
1 
3 

North  Carolina  

Ohio  

Pennsylvania  

Rhode  Island  

South  Carolina  

Tennessee  

Texas  

Vermont   

1 
12 

3 
9 

4 

8 

Virginia  

Wisconsin  

District  of  Columbia  

7 
1 
2 

13 

U.  S.  State  not  given  

Territories  

Totals  born  in  U.  S  

1,700 

2,108        1,715 

2,280 

2,167 

,    9,970 

None  born  in  Oregon. 

POPULATION  :       NATIVITY.-     PROVIDENCE. 


21 


TABLE  XIII.  NATIVITY. — Showing  the  particulars  of  table.  VII, 
in  the  City  of  Providence,  by  Wards ;  showing  how  many  of  the 
inhabitants  of  each  Ward  in  the  City  of  Providence  were  born  in 
each  foreign  country. 

CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE.     TABLE  VII.    By  Wards. 


BIRTH  PLACE  IN 
FOREIGN  COUNTRIES. 

WARDS  :    CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE. 

Whole  City. 

I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

fk 

2 
4 
4 
589 
5 
4 
1,606 
53 
416 
5 
10 
1 
24 
10,130 
15 
28 
4 
4 
1 
6 
12 
425 
11 
-    18 
4 
20 
1 

Africa      

1 
1 
146 
1 
1 
412 
9 
50 

"2 

48 

"2 
116 
12 

44 

1 

1 

..   . 

1 
1 
74 
1 

British  America  

87 

'  i 

114 

7 
31 
4 

116 
1 

'i?6 
9 
38 

"2 

67 
1 

51 
1 

Denmark  

East  Indies  

England  

277 
7 
54 

209 
3 
103 

302 
6 
96 

France  ';.... 

Germany  

Greece  

Holland  

5 

3 

Hungary  

1 
14 
1,717 

"i 

It>ilv  

1 

2,455 
2 

'•755 

2 
1,615 
4 
22 

6 
677 
3 

l',570 
3 
1 

1 
1,341 
3 

1 

Ireland  

Norway  ,  .  .  . 

Portugal  £  West'n  Islands 
Poland  

3 

1 
4 

1 

.... 

Sandwich  Islands  

4 
5 
37 
3 
1 

2 
3 
19 
1 

2 

South  America  

1 
108 

"45 
2 
3 

1 
5 

1 

80 
3 
9 

1 

2 
62 
1 

"2 

"84 
1 
2 

"i 

Scotland  and  Wales.  .  .  . 
Sweden   

Switzerland  

1 

St.  Helena  

West  Indies  

3 

7 

4 

On  the  Ocean  

1 

Totals  foreign  born... 

3.200 

1.063 

2.042 

942    2.078 

1.772 

2.3051      13.402 

22 


POPULATION :       NATIVITY.       NEWPORT. 


TABLE  XIV.  NATIVITY. — Showing  the  particulars  of  table  VII, 
in  the  City  of  Newport,  by  Wards ;  showing  how  many  of  the 
inhabitants  in  each  Ward  of  the  City  of  Newport  were  born  in  each 
foreign  country. 

CITY  OF  NEWPORT.     TABLE   VII.     By  Wards. 


BIRTH  PLACE  IN 

WARDS  : 

CITY  OF  1 

NEWPORT. 

>> 

G 

FOREIGN  COUNTRIES. 

I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

o 
"o 
a 

5 

Africa  ... 

8 

1 

4 

1 

1 

British  America.  

9 

16    ' 

9 

12 

23 

69 

Denmark  

1 

1 

East  Indies  

.   .  . 

1 

1 

En  "land     

50 

39 

50 

62 

260 

461 

France  

1 

7 

16 

17 

15 

56 

Germany           ... 

18 

4 

21 

41 

28 

112 

Italy  

2 

1 

3 

152 

379 

240 

303 

842 

1  921 

Mexico  ....       

1 

1 

Portugal  &  Western  Islands. 

2 

4 

6 

1 

1 

2 

2 

Sandwich  Islands  

1 

1 

2 

Scotland  and  Wales  

9 

1 

7 

7 

49 

73 

Sweden       

2 

2 

W^est  Indies           • 

2 

2 

Totals  foreign  born.  .  . 

244 

450 

344 

450 

1,230 

2,718 

POPULATION  :    PARENTAGE. 


23 


TABLE  XV.     PARENTAGE. — Stowing  the  Parentage  of  the  popu- 
lation, in  each  town  and  county  in  the  State. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

Total  American. 

A 
| 

'io 

& 

Scotch  &  Welsh. 

German. 

French. 

British 
American. 

\ 

Barrington.  .  .  .  

711 

116 

26 

4 

1 

157 

Bristol  

3,399 

751 

190 

58 

95 

3 

35 

Warren  ,  

1,983 

572 

132 

26 

4 

4 

25 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

G,093 

1,439 

348 

88 

99 

8 

217 

Coventry  /  . 

3,278 

271 

168 

54 

17 

2 

101 

East  Greenwich  . 

1,927 

282 

126 

29 

12 

West  Greenwich  „ 

1,172 

47 

1 

Warwick  *  . 

4,951 

1,617 

442 

179 

2 

2 

372 

KENT  COUNTY.  

11,328 

2,2?7 

737 

264 

19 

4 

545 

Jamestown  

330 

8 

4 

Little  Compton  

1,104 

44 

12 

9 

1 

Middletown  ...              .    . 

903 

77 

13 

4 

1 

4 

Newport  

7,976, 

3,215 

720 

145 

171 

60 

2 

New  Shoreham  

1,286 

7 

5 

1 

1 

Portsmouth  

"  1,629 

436 

41 

2 

10 

1 

Tiverton  

1,840 

30 

21 

2 

14 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

15,068 

3,817 

816 

162 

198 

61 

7 

Burrillville  

2,487 

1,490 

395 

39 

18 

3 

392 

Cranston  

4,f>40 

3,397 

676 

90 

101 

11 

60 

Cumberland  

3,799 

3,132 

442 

57 

13 

•  .... 

721 

East  Providence  

1,632 

356 

40 

29 

6 

6 

21 

Foster  

1,832 

24 

9 

2 

2 

Glocester  

2,112 

108 

26 

2 

18 

Johnston  

2,170 

809 

287 

88 

39 

North  Providence  

6,217 

6,123 

1,365 

255 

151 

17 

90 

Pawtucket  

2,188' 

1,979 

521 

59 

23 

2 

2 

Scituate  

3,217 

237 

52 

9 

Smitlifield.,  

6,618: 

i       3,389 

1,002 

234 

40 

8 

805 

TOWNS  PROV.  COUNTY.  .  . 
PROVIDENCE  CITY  

36,812 
30,163 

21,044 
18,430 

4,815 
2,581 

864 
855 

391 
801 

46 
117 

2,111 
207 

Charlestown  

1,079 

15 

10 

11 

14 

Exeter  

1,473 

5 

8 

4 

1 

Hopkinton  

,     2,330 

52 

60 

9 

2 

1 

21 

North  Kingstown  

2,813 

164 

22 

2 

14 

122 

South  Kingstown  

3.9141 

396 

53 

24 

22 

10 

2 

Richmond  

1,604 

96 

52 

9 

14 

23 

Westerly  

2,880 

461 

279 

52 

51 

4 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  
WHOLE  STATE.  . 

16,093 
115,557 

1,189 
48,136 

484 
9,781 

111 
2,344 

118 
1,626 

11 

247 

172 
3.259 

24 


POPULATION  :    PARENTAGE. 


TABLE  XV. —  Continued.     PARENTAGE. — Showing  the  Parentage 
of  the  population,  in  each  toivn  and  county  in  the  State. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

Portuguese. 

Italian. 

Other  Foreign. 

Total  Foreign. 

American  Fa- 
ther and  For'gn 
Mother. 

Foreign  Father 
and  American 
Mother. 

t 

_    0 

11 

304 

6 

7 

1  028 

Bristol  

12 

12 

1,156 

38 

56 

4649 

^Varren  

1 

5 

769 

15 

25 

2792 

%BBISTOL  COUNTY,  

13 

17 

2,229 

59 

88 

8,469 

673 

10 

34 

3,995 

1 

450 

11 

12 

2,400 

50 

6 

1,228 

3 

2,617 

.    84 

44 

7,696 

•        4 

3,790 

111 

90 

15319 

12 

7 

•49 

8 

3 

77 

1 

15 

1,197 

99 

16 

1 

1,019 

Newport  

18 

3 

14 

4,348 

178 

186 

12,688 

14 

1 

7 

1,308 

490 

26 

8 

2,153 

Tiverton  

7 

1 

75 

52 

6 

1,978 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

33 

4 

17 

5,115 

281 

223 

20,687 

3 

1 

2,341 

20 

13 

4,861 

26 

2 

49 

4,412 

118 

107 

9,177 

4,365 

39 

18 

8,216 

East  Providence  

2 

io 

469 

46 

25 

2,172 

37 

1,873 

154 

19 

1 

2,286 

1,223 

36 

7 

3,436 

North  Providence  

1 

7 

5 

8,014 

161 

161 

14,553 

2 

2,588 

71 

153 

5,000 

298 

13 

10 

3.538 

2 

7 

5,487 

90 

120 

12,315 

TOWNS  PROV.  COUNTY  .  .  . 
PROVIDENCE  CITY  

29 
64 

14 
43 

74 
141 

29,388 
23~239 
50 

613 
539 
4 

614 
654 
1 

67,427 
'  54,595 
1,134 

18 

3 

4 

1,498 

i 

146 

14 

22 

2,512 

i 

325 

22 

6 

3,166 

South  Kingstown  

1 

i 

509 

51 

39 

4,513 

194 

22 

10 

1,830 

847 

•         40 

48 

3,815 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY... 
WHOLE  STATE  .  . 

1 

140 

61 

3 
256 

2,089 
65,850 

156 
1,759 

130 
1,799 

18,468 
184,965 

POPULATION-:     PARENTAGE.     PROVIDENCE   AND    NEWPORT. 


25 


TABLE  XVI.  PARENTAGE. — Being  table  XV  for  Providence  and 
and  Neivport,  by  Wards  ;  showing  the  Parentage  of  the  population 
in  each  Ward. 

CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE.     TABLE  XV.    By  Wards. 


PARENTAGE. 

WARDS.    CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE. 

• 
Whole  City. 

I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

TOTAL  AMERICAN  

4,659 

4,568 
669 
207 
113 
26 
75 
2 
4 
28 

3,160 

1,020 
169 
105 
52 
11 
27 

'l4 

3,973 

3,282 
285 
104 
77 
15 
38 
57 
1 
21 

3,134 

1,085 
178 
38 
82 
24 
9 
1 
10 
13 

3,979 

2,780 
387 
168 
92 
22 
27 
1 

"39 

7,254 

2,430 
356 
96 
173 
7 
18 
1 
3 
14 

4,004 

3,265 
537 
137 
212 
12 
13 
2 
25 
12 

30,163 

18,430 
2,581 
855 
801 
117 
207 
64 
43 
141 

Irish  

English  

Scotch  and  Welsh  

German  

French  .    .  .        

British  American  

Portuguese  

Italian     

Other  Foreign     .  .     ,  .  .  . 

TOTAL  FOREIGN   ... 

5,692 

147 
170 

1,398 

26 
84 

3,880 

94 

87 

1,440 

32 
61 

3,516 

105 
95 

3,098 

54 
107 

4,215 

81 
100 

23,239 

539 
654 

American  Father  and  .  .  ) 
Foreign  Mother  j 
Foreign  Father  and...  [ 
American  Mother.  .  .  J 

TOTAL  POPULATION  

10,668 

4,618 

8,034 

4,667 

7,695 

10,513!    8,400 

54,595 

CITY  OF  NEWPORT.     TABLE  XV.     By  Wards. 


PARENTAGE. 

WARDS.     CITY  OI^NEWPORT. 

Whole  City. 

I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

TOTAL  AMERICAN  

1,420 

273 
81 
22 
25 

2 
1 
10 

1,848 

574 
57 
4 
4 
8 

1,555 

331 
72 

8 
35 
19 

1,993 

484 
101 
21 
64 
18 

1,160 

1,553 
409 
90 
43 
13 
1 
8 
1 
4 

7,976 

3,215 
720 
145 
171 
60 
2 
18 
3 
14 

Irish  

English         

German  

French  

British  American  

Portuguese  

Italian  

1 
8 



1 

Other  Foreign  

2 

TOTAL  FOREIGN  

416 

42 
66 

656 

34 
20 

465 

14 

25 

689 

27 
21 

2,122 

61 
54 

4,348 

178 
186 

American  Father  and  .  .  .  ) 
Foreign  Mother  ) 

Foreign  Father  and  .  .  .  .  j 
American  Mother.  .  .  .  ) 

TOTAL  POPULATION  

1,944 

2,558 

2,059 

2..7.30 

3,397 

12,688 

4 

POPULATION  :     NATIVITY    AND    PARENTAGE. 


TABLE  XVII.  NATIVITY  AND  PARENTAGE  COMPARED  ;  showing 
the  number  and  proportions  of  the  population  by  Nativity  and  by 
Parentage  in  each  town  in  the  State.  Mixed  parentage  given 
according  to  the  birthplace  of  the  fathers. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

Total  Population. 

. 
Number  born  in 
the  United  States. 

Number  of  Ameri- 
can Parentage. 

'  
DilTercnot;:  I'hiM- 
ren  of  Foreigners 
born  in  th«  United 
States. 

Number  born  in  I 
Foreign  Countries. 

Number  of  Foreign 
Parentage. 

In  each  100  of  the 
Population  there 
were  of 

5  3 

1    % 

a    a 

ft 

e   s 
60  a 
£   £ 

0      =3 

fa    C- 

Bnrrington     

1,028 
4,649 
2,792 

788 
3,869 
2,271 

717;        71 
3,437       432 
1,998       273 

240 
780 
521 

311 
1,212 
794 

69.75 
73.93 
71-56 

26^07 
28.44 

Bristol     

Warren  

BRISTOL  COUN.TY  

8,469 

3,995 
2,400 
1,228' 

7,696 

6,928 

3,521 
2,112 
1,205 
6,089 

6,152 

3,288 
1,938 
1,178 
5,035 

776 

233 
174 
27 
1,054 

1,541 

474 
288 
23 
1,607 

2,317 

707 
462 
50 
2,661 

72.64 

82.30 
80.75 
95.93 
65.42 

27.36 

17.70 
19.25 
4.07 
34.58 

Coventry  

East  Greenwich  

"West  Greenwich  

\Varwick  

KENT  COUNTY  

15,319 
349! 

1^019 
12,688 
'  1,308 
2,153 
1,973 

12,927 

338 
1,140 
940 
9,970 
1,301 
1,833 
1,918 

11,439 

337 
1,105 
919 

8,154 
1,287 
1,655 
1,892 

1,488 

1 
35 
21 

1,816 
14 
178 
26 

2,392 

11 

57 
79 
2,718 
7 
320 
55 

3,880 

12 
92 
100 
4,534 
21 
498 
.        81 

74.67 

96.56 
92.31 
90.19 
64.27 
98.39 
76.87 
95.89 

25.33 

3.44 

7.69 
9.81 
35.73 
1.61 
23.13 
4.11 

Jamestown  

IJittle  Compton  

Midclletown  .        

Newport  

New  Shoreham  

Portsmouth  

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

20,687 

4,861 
9,1771 
8,216! 
2,172 
1,873 
2,286 
3,436 
14,553 
5,000 
3,538i 
12,315 

17,440    15,349    2,091 

3,367      2,507       860 
6,818      4.658    2,160 
5,449      3.838    1,611 
1,928      1,678'      250 
1,857:      1,832         25 
2,190     2,131         59 
2,699      2,206       493 
9,747'      6,378    3,369 
3,505      2,259    1,246 
3,341      3,230       111 
8,761;      6,708    2,053 

3,247 

1,494 

2,359 
2,707 
244 
16 
96 
737 
4,806 
1,495 
197 
3,554 

5,338    74.20 

2,354  j  51.57 
4,519:  50.76 
4,378   46.71 
494    77.26 
41    97.81 
155;  93.22 
1,230   64.20 
8,175   43.83 
2,741    45.18 
308    91.29 
5,607    54.47 

25.80 

48.43 
49.24 
53.28 
22.74 
2.19 
6.78 
35.80 
56.17 
54.82 
8.71 
45.53 

Burrillville  

Cranston       

Cumberland  

East  Providence  

Foster  

Glocester  

Johnston  

North  Providence  

Pawtucket  

Scituate  

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROV.  COUNTY. 
PROVIDENCE  CITY  
Charlestown  

67,427 
'  54,595 

1,134 

1,498 
2,512 
3,166 
4,513 
l,830f 
3,815 

• 

49,662 
41,193 

1,104 
1,491 
2,413 
2,938 
4,232 
1,714 
3,220 

37,425 
30,702 

1,083 
1,476 
2,344 
2,835 
3,965 
1,626 
2,920 

12,237 
10,491 

21 
15 
69 
103 
267 
88 
300 

17,765 
13,402 

30 
7 
99 
228 
281 
116 
595 

30,002 
23,893 

51 
22 
168 
331 

548 
204 
895 

55.50 
56.24 

95.50 
98.53 
93.31 

89.55 
87.86 
88.85 
76.54 

44.50 
43.76 

4.50 
1.47 
6.69 
10.45 
12.14 
11.15 
23.46 

Exeter  

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown  

South  Kingstown  

Richmond  

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  COUNTY. 
WHOLE;  STATE.  .   ,  

18,468 

17,112 
145,262 

16,249 
117,316 

863 
27,946 

1,356 
39,703 

2,219 
67,649 

87.98 
63.43 

12.02 

36.57 

POPULATION  :    PROVIDENCE  AND  NEWPORT. 


27 


TABLE  XVIII.  NATIVITY  AND  PARENTAGE  COMPARED. — Being 
table  XVII  for  the  cities  of  Providence  and  Newport,  by  Wards. 
Those  of  mixed  parentage  according  to  birthplace  of  their  fathers. 

CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE.     TABLE  XVII.     By  Wards. 


WARDS. 

Total  Population. 

1 

Number  born  in 
the  United  States. 

Number  of  Ameri- 
can Parentage. 

Difference:  Child- 
ren of  Foreigners, 
born  in  the  United 
States. 

Number  born  in 
Foreign  countries. 

Nunber  of  Foreign 
Parentage. 

In  each  lOOofthe 
Population  there 
were  ol 

American 
Parentage. 

Foreign 
Parentage. 

I  

10,668 
4,618 
8,034 
4,667 
7,695 
10,513 
8,400 

7,468 
3,555 
5,992 
3,725 
5,617 
8,741 
6,095 

4,806 
3,186 
4,067 
3,166 
4,084 
7,308 
4,085 

2,662 
369 
1,925 
569 
1;533 
1,433 
2,010 

3,200 
1,063 
2,042 
942 
2,078 
1,772 
2,805 

5,862 
1,432 
3,967 
1,501 
3,611 
3,205 
4,315 

45.05 
68.99 
50.62 
67.84 
53.07 
69.51 
48.63 

54.95" 
31  01 
49.38 
32.16 
46.93 
30.49 
51.37 

II  

Ill  

IV  

v    

VI  

VII    .    ...... 

Whole  City... 

54,595 

41,193 

30,702 

10,491 

13,402 

23,893 

56.24 

43.76 

CITY  OF  NEWPORT.     TABLE  XVII.    %  Wards. 


. 

•a   -•* 

»• 

g.            ;  In  each  100  of  the 

§ 

.-   £ 

V 

.•s  £  -2 

c  -2 

•«                Population  there 

S3 

e  1 

I  i 

sy 

9    o 

were  of 

WARDS. 

A 
o 

1  1 

°  s 
11 

§li 

11 

^2      bO 

•°    ^ 

i  & 

I  -2 

&.S 
"S 

3 

a  p 

a  fc 

a;  ®  Q  _2 

a  -s 

01      01 

3     g 

s    o 

g     cfl 

S    a 

O       c£ 

S5   -w 

fc    * 

3  2J=OT 

£    CM 

&  P- 

I  

1944 

1  700 

1,462 

238 

244 

482 

75.21 

24.79 

II  

2558 

2108 

1  882 

226 

450 

676 

73.57 

•26  43 

HI  

2,059 

1,716 

1,569 

146 

344 

490 

76.20 

23.80 

IV  

2730 

2280 

2,020 

260 

450 

710 

73.99 

26.01 

V  a  397 

2167 

1,221 

946 

1  230 

2176 

35  94 

64  06 

Whole  City... 

12,688  • 

9,970 

8,154 

1,816 

2,718 

4,534 

64.27 

35.73 

28 


POPULATION  :    NATIVITY  AND  SEX.      PROVIDENCE. 


TABLE  XIX.     SEX  OF  FOREIGN  BORN. — Showing  the  Sex  of  the 
population  of  Foreign  birth  in  each  Ward  of  the  City  of  Providence. 


BIRTH    PLACE. 


WARDS  CITY  OF 
PROVIDENCE. 

Ireland. 

England, 
Scotland  and 
Wales. 

Germany. 

Other  Foreign 
Countries. 

Total  Foreign  Born. 

Mali*. 

Females 

M. 

F. 

«l 

F. 

K. 

F. 

M. 

F.         Total. 

I    

1,093 

179 
704 
213 
677 
512 
692 

1,362 
576 
911 
464 
893 
829 
1,025 

256 
81 
100 
69 
197 
127 
202 

264 
78 
113 
66 
160 
134 
184 

30 
18 
26 
31 
29 
56 
56 

20 
13 
12 
13 
25 
47 
40 

74 
41 
80 
39 
44 
31 
51 

101 

77 
96 
47 
53 
36 
55 

1,453 
319 
910 
352 
947 
726 
1,001 

1,747    3,200 
744    1,063 
1,132    2,042 
590       942 
1,131    2,078 
1,046    1,772 
1,304    2,305 

II  

Ill  

IV  

V  

VI  

VII  

Whole  City... 

4,070 

6,060 

1,032 

999 

246 

170 

360 

465 

5,708 

7,694  13,402 

TABLE  XX.     SEX  AND  PARENTAGE. — Showing  the  Parentage  and 
Sex  of  the  whole  population  in  each  Ward  of  the  City  of  Providence. 


PARENTAGE. 


WARDS  CITY  OF 
PROVIDENCE. 

American. 

Foreign. 

Amer.  Fath 
and 
For.  Moth. 

Foreign  Fa. 
and 
Am.  Mother 

Total  Population. 

Males. 

Females      M. 

F 

M.  j     F. 

M. 

•p 

M 

F. 

Totals. 

I  

2,189 

1,534 

1,869 
1,455 
1,905 
3,389 
1,855 

2,470 
1,626 
2,104 
1,679 
2,074 
3,865 
2,149 

2,665 
460 
1,80-1 
585 
1,663 
1,332 
1,929 

3,027 
938 
2,076 
855 
1,853 
1,766 
2,286 

67 
11 
40 
16 
51 
28 
35 

80 
15 
54 
16 
54 
26 
46 

88 
15 
~48 
29 
44 
62 
61 

82 
19 
39 
32 
61 
45 

J! 

317 

5,009 
2,020 
3,761 
2,085 
3,663 
4,811 
3,870 

5,659 
2,598 
4,273 
2,582 
4.032 
6,702 
4,530 

10,668 
4,618 
8,034 
4,667 
7,695 
10,513 
8,400 

II  

Ill  

IV  

V  

VI  

VII  

Whole  City... 

14,196 

15,967 

10,438 

12,801 

248 

291 

337 

25,219 

29,376 

54,595 

POPULATION  :    AGE    AND    SEX. 


29 


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POPULATION  :    AGE    AND    SEX. 


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POPULATION  :       AGE    AND    PARENTAGE.       PROVIDENCE. 


TABLE  XXII.  AGE  AND  PARENTAGE. —  /Showing  the  number  of 
American,  and  of  Foreign  Parentage,  in  each  division  of  ages,  in 
each  Ward  of  the.  City  of  Providence;  those  of  mixed  parentage 
being  placed  according  to  the  birth  place  of  their  fathers : 


CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE  :    AGE  AND  PARENTAGE. 


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!Am..        67      65       225       459 

454       586       850       731 

637 

391 

22'  i 

97     24  .. 

4.806 

I 

For..      155    120       418       74(5 

624       616    1,186       839       580 

331 

181 

57       7   2 

5.862 

Total      222    185       643     1,205 

1,078    1,202    2,036 

1,570 

1,217 

722 

401 

154     31 

2 

10,668 

/Am..       37     36 

138 

248 

250       316 

659 

471       386 

325 

211 

90     19 

3.186 

II 

\For..        29     24         47 

87 

73       140       502 

285,      128 

76 

23 

9       4.. 

1,432 

t  Total        66     60        185       335 

323       462 

1,161 

756 

514 

400 

2S4 

99     23  .. 

4,618 

/Am..r      62     53       199       364       404       470 

762 

574 

468 

381 

198 

101 

38   3 

4.067 

III 

>  For..      144    113       356       585 

483       286 

610 

643'      426 

192 

82 

24     10   3 

3,967 

I  Total 

196 

166 

565       949 

887       756    1,372 

1,217 

894 

573 

280 

125,     48 

e 

8,034 

/  Am..        45     37        134 

218 

234       280 

707 

563 

381 

290 

177 

781     19 

3 

3,166 

TV 

\  For.. 

37     28         92 

157 

134       162       366 

247       174 

68 

36 

9       2.. 

1,501 

(  Total 

82 

65 

226       375 

368       432    1,072 

810 

555 

358 

213 

87     21    3 

4,667 

/  Am.. 

71 

66 

187       £39 

315       374       839 

751 

498 

332 

216 

83     22    1 

4.084 

V 

N  For.. 

105 

94       289       470 

348       314 

679 

609       385 

2U5 

84 

20       8 

1 

3,611 

(  Total 

176 

150       476 

809 

663       688    1,518 

1,360       883 

537 

300 

103 

30 

2 

7,695 

(  Am.. 

131 

77;      373 

630 

675       744    1,421 

1,206!      941 

637 

308 

132 

27 

6 

7,308 

VT 

>  For.. 

83 

62       243       413 

339.      305       634 

514       <U7 

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91 

24 

9   1 

3.205 

(  Total 

214 

139 

616 

1,043 

1,014 

1,049 

2,055 

1,720    1,258 

807 

399 

156 

36 

7 

10,513 

/  Am.. 

72 

51 

222 

389 

386 

398 

802 

692 

498 

ass 

165 

60      15  .. 

4,085 

VTT 

\  For.. 

123 

94       316 

608 

524 

401 

738 

625       499 

212 

117 

49       81 

4,315 

(  Total 

195 

145 

638 

997 

910 

799 

1,540 

1,317 

997 

647 

282 

109 

28    1 

8,400 

< 

/  Am.. 

475 

375     1.478    2,647 

2,718 

3.168 

6.040 

4,988    3,809  2,691 

1,495 

641    164  13 

30.702 

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\  For.  . 

676 

535    1,771    3,066 

2,525 

2,220 

4,714 

3,762    2,509 

1,253 

614 

192     48    8  23,893 

£» 

(  Total  1,151    910    3,249    5,713 

5,243 

5,388 

10,754 

8,750.  6,318 

3,944 

2,109 

833   21221  54,595 

POPULATION  :     ATTENDING    SCHOOL. 


39 


TABLE  XXIII.  ATTENDING  SCHOOL. — Showing  the,  population  in 
each  town  between  the  ages  q/5  and  15,  and  the  number  of  all  ages 
ivho  attended  Publit,  Selector  Catholic  Schools, in  each  town,  during 
the  year  ending  June  1,  1865. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

POPULATION. 

ATTENDING  SCHOOL  DURING 
TUB  YEAR. 

5 
years  and 
under 
10 

to 

years  and 
under 
15 

Total 
population 
5  to  15 
years. 

Public 
Schools. 

Select 
Schools. 

Catholic 
Schools. 

Whole  No. 
attending 
School 
Juring  the 
year. 

85 
491 
261 

87 
446 
308 

172 
'     937 
569 

167 
755 
441 

15 

138 

57. 

182 
893 
.498 

Bristol     

BRISTOL  COUXTY  

837 

430 

202 
122 
866 

841 

408 
248 
138 
851 

1,678 

838 
450 
260 
1,717 

1,363 

601 
339 
252 
1,013 

210 

22 
49 

72 

.... 

1,573 

623 

388 
252 
1,085 

Coventry  

"West  Greenwich  

KENT  COUNTY  

1,620 

32 
103 
121 
1,259 
164 
217 
223 

1,645 

47 
132 
102 
1,054 
186 
201 
219 

'  3,265 

79 
'     235  I 
223 
2,313 
350 
418 
442 

2,205 

65 
266 
204 
1,248 
371 
352 
399 

143 

2 
14 
23 

871 

44 
10 

i 

'4i2 

2,348 

67 
281 
227 
2,531 
371 
396 
409 

Jamestown  

Little  Compton  

Middlctown            

New  Shoreham  .- 
Portsmouth  

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

2,119 

580 
1,261 
880 
248 
193 
241 
395 
1,756 
581 
361 
1,319 

1,941 

522 
972 
841 
216 
199 
207 
314 
1,586 
472 
342 
1,284 

4,060. 

1,102 
2,233 
1,721 
464 
392 
448 
709 
3,342 
1,053 
703 
2,603 

2,905 

795 
1,557 
1,105 
434 
409 
407 
507 
1,808 
678 
642 
1,991 

964 

10 
113 
53 
35 
9 
10 
34 
97 
33 
44 
71 

413 

1 
209 
268 

'498 
152 

"*7 

4,282 

806 
1,879 
1,426 
469 
418 
417 
541 
2,403 
863 
686 
2,069 

Burrillville  

Cranston   

Cumberland  ,  

East  Providence  

Foster        

Gloeester  

Johnston  

North  Providence  

Pawtucket  

Scituate  

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROV.  COUNTY. 
PROVIDENCE  CITY  
Charlestown  

7,815 
5,713 

117 
153 

256 
335 

528 
21-2 
467 

6,955 
5,243 

135 
171 
285 
340 
475 
173 
412 

14,770 
10,956 

252 
324 
541 
675 
1,003 
385 
879 

10,333 
7,401 

242 
346 
480 
463 
762 
326 
612 

509 
1,215 

13 
3 
32 
104 
171 
12 
139 

1,135 
1,273 

11,977 
9,889 

255 
349 
512 
567 
933 
338 
751 

Exeter  

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown  '. 

South  Kingstown  

Richmond  

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  COUNTY. 
WHOLE  STATE.. 

2,068 
i    20,172 

1,991 
18,616 

4,059 
38,788 

3,231         474 

4      ' 

1  27,438      3,51£ 

2.821 

3,705 
33.774 

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42 


POPULATION  :    WANT    OF    EDUCATION. 


TABLE  XXVI.  WANT  OF  EDUCATION. — Showing  how  many  per- 
sons in  each  town  in  the  State,  of  the  age  of  15  years  and  over,  can 
neither  read  nor  write,  and  how  many  can  read  but  cannot  icrite ; 
the  statistics  according  to  parentage. 


AMERICAN    PARENTAGE. 

1K1SJI 
PARENTAGE. 

KXCM.ISII 
SCOTCH  k 
WELSH- 

TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS           WHITES.           BIACKS.       TOTAL  AMKR. 

2 

(-      *£ 

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c  i 

5  1 

('.;in  neither 
reiul  nor  write. 

ICnn  roiul  but 
cannot  write. 

Barrington     .  ! 

2 
13 

4 
17 
6 

4 

5 
2 

4 
32 
13 

6 
18 

2 

17 

123 
42 

6 

63 
4 

Bristol  15 

12      21 
1  .... 

Warren  7 

BRISTOL  COUNTY       22 

15 

18 
1 
40 
40 

27 

1 
8 

11 

"i 

49 

51 
15 
43 

78 

26 

18 
2 
40 
45 

182 

33 
24 

5 
212 

72 

19 
1 

2 

77 

13      21 

3       5 
ll.... 

Coventry  50 

East  Greenwich         ..     ..            7 

\Vest  Greenwich     .  .  .                  43 

Warwick  69 

9 

5 

28 

14 

KENT  COUNTY  169 

99 

"2 
1 

9 

"3 
38 

18 
4 

6 
1 

187 

1 

3 
116 
42 
11 
80 

105 

2 

2 
45 

274 

12 

_ 

695 

99 

32 

19 

Little  Compton  8 

14 
3 
126 

1 

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1 

1 
1 
3 

Middletown  2 

1 
92 
4 
2 
12 

1 

36 

"2 
40 

Portsmouth  ...                            9 

3 
40 

154 

8. 

,  11 

Tiverton  68 

3 

1 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  150 

53 

29 
18 
5 
32 
4 
9 
25 
12 
38 
12 

115 

265 

38 
79 
23 
9 
47 
11 
15 
32 
12 
52 
30 

93 

32 
44 

20 
7 
32 
4 
11 
29 
12 
39 
17 

882       156 

270         91 
505       186 
522       247 
47         28 
4           1 
14           1 
105         67 
836       379 
292       241 
28         40 
490       217 

17 

10 
28 
29 

6 

16 
14 
12 
2 

Burrillville                                    38 

Cranston  35 

44 

2 

1 

15 

2 
2 

Cumberland  21 

East  Providence  8 

Foster                                           47 

Glocoster                                       11 

Johnston  12 

3 
14 

1 
1 
1 

2 
4 

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5 

11      16 
116      53 
26      21 
4  .... 

27      38 

North  Providence  18 

Pawtucket  11 

Scituate..  ..      51 

Smithfield  29 

TOWNS  PROV.  COUNTY...        281 
PROVIDENCE  CITY.    ...             26 

216 
43 

7 
82 
36 
31 
68 
26 

67 
187 

12 
7 
4 
33 
40 
6 
1 

31 
90 

8 
3 
2 
6 
13 

348 
163 

38 
83 
78 
108 
163 
58 
17 

247 
133 

15 
35 
38 
37 
81 
26 

3,113 
2,671 
2 

1,498 
1,458 

1 

251 
57 

172 
60 

Exeter                                          76 

Hopkinton  74 

5 
24 
52 
15 
93 

7 
7 
.    20 

2 

1 
4 
1 
1 
14 

21 
391 

2 

1 
4 

7 
285 

North  Kingstown  75 

South  Kingstown.    ..      ...       123 

Richmond  52 

Westerly  16 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY.  ..       437 
WHOLE  STATE  ..                   1,085 

200 
626 

103 
467 

32 
210 

540 
1,552 

232        191 
836      7,313 

43 
3,326 

POPULATION  :    WANT    OF    EDUCATION. 


43 


TABLE  XXVI. —  Continued.  WANT  OF  EDUCATION.  Showing 
how  many  persons  in  each  town  in  the  State,  of  the  age  of  15  years 
and  over,  can  neither  read  nor  write,  and  how  many  can  read  but 
cannot  write  ;  the  statistics  according  to  parentage. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

^GERMAN. 

OTHER 
FOREIGN. 

TOTAL 
FOREIGN. 

TOTAL  AMERI'N 
AND  FOREIGN. 

Can  neither 
read  nor  write. 

Can  read  but 
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POPULATION  :  NATURALIZED  VOTERS. 


45 


TABLE  XXVIII.  NATURALIZED  VOTERS.  —  Showing  how  many 
natives  of  foreign  countries  have  become  voters  under  the  laws  of 
Rhode  Island,  in  each  town  and  county  in  the  State. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  TUB  STATE. 

NATURALIZED    VOTERS.      BIRTH    PLACE. 

Ireland. 

England. 

Scotland  and 
Wales. 

Germany. 

British 
Amt-rica. 

France^ 

Portugal  and 
Western  Islands 

Norway  . 

Sweden. 

Denmark. 

>% 

3 

w 

Holland  and 
Switzerland. 

1 

"o 
H 

Bristol 

3 
12 

1 
4 

1 

1 
1 

6 
18 

1 

BRISTOL  COUNTY... 

— 



15 

2 
2 
1 

5 

1 
1 

2 

1 

24 

3 
3 
1 

36 

1 

"YV^irwitk              .... 

23 

12 

1 

IVEST   COUNTY  

V 

28 

13 

2 

43 

1 

1 

• 

2 
1 

91 
2 

2 
1 

1 

68 

12 
2 

5 

1 

3 

2 

New  Shoreham. 

2 

i 

NEWPORT  COUNTY.. 
Burrillville  

68 

27 
105 
33 
11 
2 
5 
17 
89 
112 
2 
28 

431 
349 

18 

10 
32 
12 
2 
1 
1 
8 
12 
36 
1 
12 

5 

1 

3 

8 

1 

99 

38 
152 
45 
14 
4 
6 
29 
110 
155 
3 
44 

1 

2 

4 

3 

2 

1 

3 

Cumberland  

Eiist  Providence  

' 

1 

Foster  .         ....... 

1 

Glocester     

Johnston  

2 
2 
5 

2 
5 
2 

North  Providence... 
Pawtucket.  . 

1 

i 

Scituate      .... 

'  ' 

Smithfield  

2 

2 

Towxs  PROV.  Co.  .  . 
PROVIDENCE   CITY.. 

127 
68 

13 
21 

15 
17 

5 
8 

4 

2 
6 

1 
1 

3 
1 

2 

1 

•  i 
i 

1 

600 

478 

Hopkinton.                 . 

3 

2 

5 
1 
4 

2 
4 

South  Kingstown  .... 

1 
1 

3 

1 

"Westerly  

2 
6 

896 

2 

WASHINGTON  Co.  .  .  . 
WHOLE  STATE.  . 

8 
289 

2 
44 

1 

36 

16 
1.260 

16 

4 

11 

2 

4 

3 

a 

2 

46 


POPULATION  t     NATURALIZED    VOTERS.    CITIES. 


TABLE  XXIX.     NATURALIZED  VOTERS.     Being  Table  XXVIII, 
for  the  Cities  of  Providence  and  Newport,  by  Wards. 

* 

CITY  OF  PROVIDENCE.     TABLE  XXVIII.    By  Wards. 


WARDS  CITY  OF 
PKOV1DENCE. 

NATURALIZED    VOTERS.      BIRTH    PLACE. 

Ireland. 

England. 

Scotland  and 
Wales. 

Germany  .. 

British 
America. 

I 

J»H 

Portugal  and 
West'n  Islands. 

i 

o 

K 

Sweden. 

Penmark. 

t 
1-1 

Switzerland. 

Ward  Totals. 

I  

106 
3 
48 
17 
22 
61 
92 

17 
3 

7 
7 
4 
20 
10 

5 
2 
1 
2 
3 
3 
5 

6 
1 

2 

4 

138 
9 

70 
29. 
31 
91 
110 

II      

Ill  

1 

2 
<> 

6 

1 

1 

1 

IV                    

1 

V  

1 
4 
3 

1 

2 

VI  

1 

VII  

Whole  City.. 

349 

68 

21 

17 

8 

4 

6 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

478 

CITY  OF  NEWPORT.     TABLE  XXVIII.     By  Wards. 


NATURALIZED    VOTERS.       BIRTH    PLACE. 


WARDS    CITY    OF 
NEWPORT. 

Ireland. 

England. 

Scotland. 

Germany. 

British 
America. 

Portugal. 

Ward  Totals. 

I    

2 

3 

n 

7 

II  

16 

1 

1 

18 

Ill  

1 

1 

2 

IV 

9 

O 

2 

14 

V  

41 

5 

4 

50 

Whole  Citv.. 

68 

12 

5 

1 

3 

2 

91 

POPULATION  !    MILITARY    SERVICE. 


47 


TABLE  XXX.  MILITARY  AND  NAVAL  SERVICE. —  Showing  how 
many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  town  in  the  State,  who  were  living 
on  the  first  day  of  June,  1865,  were  at  that  time,  or  had  been  since 
1860,  in  the  Military  or  Naval  Service  of  the  United  /States. 


. 

TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

Now  in 
th» 
Army. 

Now  in 
th« 
Navy. 

Former- 
ly in  the 
Army. 

Former- 
ly in  the 
Navy. 

Totals 
in  Military 
Service. 

Totals 
in  Naval 
Service. 

Totals  in 
Army  and 
Navy. 

Barrington  

7 

15 

22 

22 

Bristol  

67 

4 

109 

27 

176 

31 

207 

41 

12 

58 

6 

99 

18 

117 

BRISTOL  COUNTY..  .  . 

115 

16 

182 

33 

297 

49 

346 

Coventry  

76 

2 

44 

2 

120 

4 

124 

East  Greenwich  

26 

5 

72 

3 

98 

Q 

106 

West  Greenwich  

28 

16 

44 

44 

Warwick  

163 

3 

189 

10 

352 

13 

365 

KENT  COUNTY  

293 

10 

321 

15 

614 

25 

'  639 

Jamestown  

1 

4 

1 

5 

1 

6 

Little  Compton  

13 

1 

ft 

18 

1 

19 

Middletown  .  .  .-  

4 

2 

16 

20 

2 

22 

Newport  

115 

139 

155 

64 

270 

193 

463 

New  Shoreham  

4 

2 

9 

13 

2 

15 

Portsmouth  

7 

1 

19 

26 

1 

27 

16 

2 

33 

4 

49 

6 

55 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

160 

147 

241 

69 

401 

206 

607 

Bnrrillville  

76 

2 

49 

2 

125 

4 

129 

120 

9 

207 

15 

327 

24 

351 

Cumberland  

213 

11 

123 

9 

336 

20 

356 

East  Providence  

31 

2 

53 

10 

84 

12 

96 

Foster  

27 

1 

33 

2 

60 

3 

63 

57 

1 

28 

80 

\ 

81 

Johnston  

90 

6 

95 

8 

185 

14 

199 

North  Providence  

47 

9 

487 

14 

534 

23 

557 

Pawtucket  

123 

13 

170 

13 

293 

26 

319 

Scituate  

69 

6 

52 

4 

121 

10 

131 

Sruithfield  \  

238 

11 

274 

24 

512 

35 

547 

TOWNS  PROV.  Co..'  

1,091 

71 

1  566 

101 

2,657 

172 

2,829 

PROVIDENCE  CITY  

871 

112 

1  379 

137 

2,250 

249 

2,499 

Charlestown  

24 

1 

8 

2 

32 

3 

35 

Exeter  

19 

1 

12 

2 

31 

3 

34 

Hopkinton  

46 

3 

42 

2 

88 

5 

93 

North  Kingstown  

50 

1 

69 

7 

109 

8 

117 

South  Kingstown  

55 

5 

68 

14 

123 

19 

142 

Richmond  

17 

35 

52 

52 

41 

3 

82 

2 

123 

5 

128 

WASHINGTON  Co  

252 

14 

306 

29 

558 

43 

601 

WIIOLE  STATE  .  . 

2,782 

370 

3.995 

374 

6.777 

744 

7,521 

48 


POPULATION:  MILITARY  SERVICE. 


TABLE  XXXI.  MILITARY  AND  NAVAL  SERVICE. — Showing  liow 
many  of  the  inhabitants  of  each  County  in  Rhode  Island,  who  were 
living  June  1,  1865,  tvere  at  that  time,  or  had  been  since  1860,  in 
the  Military  or  Naval  Service  of  the  United  States ;  and  also 
showing  the  States  in  which  they  enlisted. 


STATE  IN  WHICH 
THhY  ENLISTED. 

MILITARY    AND    NAVAL    SERVICE.       COUNTIES    OF    RHODE    ISLAND. 

Bristol 
County. 

Kent 
County. 

Newport 
County. 

Providence 
County  : 
Towns. 

Providence 
City. 

\Vash  'gton 
County. 

Whole 
State. 

1 
3 
36 

"a 

31 

1 
14 
133 
1 
1 
14 
1 
4 
6 
1 
27 
8 
576 
1 
2 
2 
22 
32 
231 
4 
28 
6,365 
2 
12 
3 
2 
26 
2 

California  

2 
2 

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OS  CO  i-H  i-H  OS  rH 

4 

42 

Connecticut  

Illinois  

2 

3 

4 

2 

.... 

2 

2 
4 



2 
1 
7 
4 
50 

Maine     

1 

1 
17 

10 

'294 
1 
1 
1 
4 
14 
60 
2 
3 
2,370 

6 
2 
167 

i 

17 
14 

103 

2,102 
2 
6 
2 

12* 

2 

3 
"23 

"4 
18 

"*4 
515 

i 

Maryland  

1 
25 

Massachusetts  

Mississippi  

1 

.... 

Missouri  

New-Jersey  . 

1 

New  Hampshire 

New  York  
Ohio       

12 

15 
2 
1 
576 

23 

"4 

504 

Pennsylvania  

2 

298 

Rhode  Island  

Vermont  

1 

.... 

5 

District  of  Columbia 
U.  S.  Regulars.     . 

1 

2 

12 

Totals  . 

346 

639 

607 

2,829 

2,499 

60  L        7,521 

POPULATION :       OCCUPATIONS. 


49 


TABLE  XXXII.  OCCUPATIONS. — Showing  the  Occupations  of 
persons  of  the  age  of  15  years  and  over,  as  reported  in  the  Census 
of  the  Population  in  the  ivhole  State. 


Actors 4 

Agents 165 

Architects 24 

Armorers 3 

Apprentices 14 

Artists 78 

Assessors 22 

Asylum  Keepers 16 

Astrologer 1 

Auctioneers 9 

Authors . . . .  - 4 

Baggage   Masters 14 

Bakers : -. . .  182 

Bankers 12 

Bank  Officers 99 

Barbers . .  121 


Bar  Tenders   . . 
Basket  Makers. 
Belt  Makers. . . 
Bill  Tosters. . . 
Bird  Stuffers.. 


61 

6 

20 

2 

3 

Blacksmiths 861 

Bleachers 93 

Block  Makers 9 

Block  Printer 1 

Boat  Builders 57 

Boat-men 53 

Boarding  House  Keepers 103 

Bobbin  Makers 26 

Boiler  Makers 151 


3 

28 

, .  378 

17 

14 

68 

20 

2 

36 

17 

27 

Brick  Makers 165 


Bolt  Cutters 

Book  Binders.. . 
Book-keepers . . . 

Book  Sellers 

Bottlers 

Box  Makers 
Braiders.  ..*.... 
Braid  Makers . . . 

Brakemen 

Brass  Finishers . 
Brewers 


Carvers 

Caulkers 

Chain  Makers 

Chair  Makers 

Chasers , 

Chemists 

Cigar  A !  akers , 

City  Officers 

City  Missionaries. 


Brokers 

Bronzers 

Broom  Makers . 
Brush  Makers . 
Burnishers . . 


13 

4 

14 

10 

12 

Butchers 299 

Cabinet  Makers ( 79 

Canvassers 4 

Car  Builders .». 14 

Card  Makers r. 6 

Carpenters 2457 

Carpet  Weavers 4 

Carriage  Makers 125 

Carriage  Painters 19 

Carriage  Trimmers 21 


4 
15 
36 

7 

43 
15 
210 

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Civil  Engineers 16 

Clairvoyants 2 

Clergymen r 230 

Clerks 1927 

Cloak  Makers 9 

Clock  Cleaners  6 

Clock   Makers 15 

Cloth  Trimmers .~.  18 

Cloth  Folders 14 

Clothing  Dealers .    24 

Coachmen 234 

Co  il  and  Wood  Dealers 60 

Coffee  Grinders 2 

Collectors 22 

Color  Mixers 5 

Comb  Makers 9 

Conductors 52 

Confectioners , . . . .  86 

Consuls 2 

Contractors 5 

Cooks 192 

Coopers .....  113 

Cork  Makers   2 

Corset  Makers .' . . .  5 

!  Cotton  Dealers. 31 

Custom  House  Officers v  13 

Dentists 61 

Designers   11 

Die  Cutters 6 

i  Die  Sinkers 10 

|  Dipper  Maker 1 

|  Distillers 7 

Draughtsmen 14 

i  Dredgers 2 

!  Dress  Makers ,   . . 692 

,  Drovers 3 

Druggists  and  Apothecaries 123 

i  Dyers 199 

Dye  Wood  Cutter 1 

I  Editors 6 

|  Enamellers 6 

Engine  Builders  5 

Engineers 311 

Engine  Turners 24 

Engravers  141 

Envelope  Maker • . . . .  1 

Errand  Boys  8 

Expressmen Ill 


50  POPULATION:   OCCUPATIONS. 

TABLE  XXXII. — Continued.     OCCUPATIONS. 


Fancy  Workers 44 

Farmers  10754 

File  Makers 97 

Finishers 21 

Firemen,  Steam  Boilers 91 

Fish  Dealers 28 

Fishermen 497 

Fresco  Painters 7 

Fruit  Dealers 22 

Fullers 4 

Furniture  Dealers 19 

Gardeners 271 

Gas  Fitters 70 

Gas  Inspectors , 5 

Gangers 2 

Gold  Beaters 5 

Grocers 631 

Gilders 9 

Gun  Smiths 330 

Hair  Cloth  Maker 1 

Harness  Makers 136 

Hatters 51 

Hoop  Skirt  Makers 49 

Horse  Dealers 6 

Horse  Trainers ,    2 

Hose  Maker 1 

Hostlers 190 

Hotel  Keepers 97 

House  Movers 11 

Hunter 1 

Ice  Cream  Makers 2 

Ice  Dealers 6 

Ink  Manufacturer 1 

Inspectors 20 

Insurance  Agents 21 

Intelligence    Office     •    1 

Inventors 4 

Iron  Fence  Makers 4 

Jail  Keepers 8 

Janitors 3 

Japanner 1 

Jewelers 1215 

Junk  Dealers 40 

Laborers 5440 

Lamp  Makers 2 

Lamp  Lighters 6 

Lapidaries 20 

Lathers : 6 

Lawyers . .' 124 

Librarians 3 

Light  House  Keepers 10 

Lime  Burners 3 

Liquor  Dealers 123 

Lock  Makers 2 

Looking  Glass  Makers 2 

Lumber  Dealers . .  47 


Machinists 2193 

Machine  Printers 22 

Machine  Stitchers 7 

Mail  Carriers 2 

Magician 1 

Melodeon  Makei 1 

Manufacturers 504 

Marble  Workers 44 

Mariners 1070 

Market-men  96 

j  Masons 767 

Matrons 5 

I  Mattrass  Maker 1 

Mechanics  73 

,  Merchants 1155 

!  Messenger : 1 

Milkmen 25 

Millers 120 

Milliners 301 

Millwrights 25 

Miners 100 

Moulders 441 

Music  Teachers 69 

Musicians 59 

Nail  Manufacturers 61 

I  News  Boys , 2 

!  Nurses 183 

I  Nurserymen ...  2 

•Nut  Maker 1 

Oil  Refiners 47 

Omnibus  Drivers '3 

Operatives  , 2950 

Bleachery 323 

Brass  Foundry 26 

Chemical  Works 24 

Cotton  Mills 5755 

Flax  Mill 3 

Foundry Ill 

Gas  Works 16 

Penholder  Factory- 25 

Print  Works . . .   .' 644 

Rolling  Mill  78 

Rubber  Works 54 

Screw  Factory 297 

Woolen  Mills, 3298 

Opticians 3 

Organ  Builders 2 

Overseers 128 

Oystermen 71 

Packers 11 

Painters  and  Glaziers 696 

Paper  Box  Makers  24 

Paper  Carriers 6 

Paper  Hangers 15 

Paprr  Makers -9 

Pattern  Makers  70 

Paymasters 6 

Pearl  Manufacturers 7 

Pedlars..                                202 


POPULATION  :       OCCUPATIONS. 

TABLE  XXXII.—  Continued.     OCCUPATIONS. 


51 


Peg  Manufacturer 1 

Penny  Posts 4 

Photographers 57 

Physicians 251 1 

Piano  Tuners 2 

Picker  Makers 27 

Picture  Frame  Maker ». . .  1 

Pilots , 26; 

Pipers 13 

Planing  Works 4 , 

Platers 10 

Planter 1 

Plough  Makers 2 

Plumbers 58 

Policemen  and  Constables 129 

Polishers 31 

Pork  Packers   16 

Porters 69 

Post  Masters 33 

Presidents  of  Companies 9 

Printers   196 

Professors 10 

Proof  Reader 1 

Pump  Makers 4 

Rag  Gatherers 4 

Rail  Road  Masters 30 

Rail  Road  Laborers 103 

Rake  Makers 8 

Razor  Grinders 2 

Reed  Makers 17 

Refiners 22 

Refrigerator  Makers 2 

Riggers 16 

Reporters 3 

Roller  Coverers - 57 

Roofers 12 

Rope  Makers 11 

Saddlers 6 

Safe  Makers 4 

Sail  Makers 27 

Saloon  Keepers 204 

Sash  and  Blind  Makers 38 

Sausage  Makers  2 

Scroll  Sawers 1 

Sculptors 2 

Scythe  Makers ...  52 1 

Seamstresses 325 

Secretaries  of  Companies 13 

Secretary  of  State 1 

Servants 3503 

Sewing  Machine  Manufactories 5 

Sextons 21 

Sheriffs  and  Deputies 7 

Ship  Carpenters i 83 

Ship  Chandlers 6 

Shipping!  Offices 2 

Shoe  Dealers 56 

Shoe  Makers • 513 

Sign  Painters 13 

Silver  Smiths 175 

Slaters..                             2 


Soap  Makers  49 

Spice  Grinders  2 

Sporting  Men 5 

Spring  Bed  Manufacturer  .    1 

Spring  Maker.  *. 1 

Stable  Keeper* 109 

Stair  Builders 7 

Stevedores 3 

Stone  Cutters 258 

Stove  'Mounters 7 

Stucco  Workers  * 27 

Students 312 

Straw  Workers 141 

Sugar  Refiners 80 

Superintendents 120 

Supervisors ....    2 

Surveyors 18 

Sutlers 3 

',  Tailors.. 262 

I  Tailoresses 566 

'  Tanners  and  Curriers 89 

:  Tax  Collectors 4 

Teachers 856 

|  Teachers  of  Dancing 5 

|  Teachers  of  Drawing 2 

,  Teamsters 692 

I  Telegraph  Operators 34 

[  Ticket  Masters 2 

Time  Keepers 10 

Tin   Smiths ' 130 

Tipper 1 

Tobacconists 17 

Toll  Gate  Keeper 1 

Tool  Makers '  16 

i  Town  Clerks 21 

i  Town  Crier 1 

Town  Officers 4 

i  Treasurers 12 

i  Tube  Makers '.  15 

|  Turners 69 

Umbrella  Makers 9 

Underfakers 32 

Upholsterers 50 


Varnishers . 


12 


Wardens  of  Prison 2 

Washerwomen 162 

Watch  Makers 35 

Watchmen 209 

Wax  Flower  Maker 1 

Weighers 5 

Well  Diggers . . . . ; 11 

Wheelwrights 154 

Wig  Makers 3 

Willow  Worker 1 

Wire  Makers  ., 13 

Wood  Sawyers 39 

Wool  Dealers 18 

Worsted  Maker 1 


52  OCCUPATIONS. 

REMARKS  ON  THE  TABLE  OF  OCCUPATIONS. 

The  number  of  persons  whose  occupations  are  given  in  the  preceding  table  is, 
65,059.  In  the  United  States  Census  of  I860,  the  number  was  62,886. 
In  the  present  census,  housekeepers,  including  women  employed  in  household 
duties  at  home,  have  not  been  included  in  the  tables. 

The.  number  whose  occupation  is  given,  includes  a  large  percentage  of  the 
population.  We  may  class  the  whole  population  as  follows  :  — 

Number,  occupations  given .' 65,059 

Housekeepers,  one  to  each  family 39,208 

Persons  under  15  years  of  age 57,657 

Persons  of  70  years  and  over 5,091 

Deaf  and  dumb,  blind,  insane,  &c 1 ,293 

Total 168,308 

This  leaves  16,657  persons  in  the  whole  population,  not  accounted  for.  The 
most  of  these  are  females,  living  at  home,  and  persons  who  are  incapacitated  for 
labor. 

The  table  of  occupations  is  the  most  unsatisfactory  of  any  in  the  census.  It 
is  impossible  to  obtain  any  uniformity  in  the  manner  of  stating  the  occupations 
in  different  towns.  In  the  instructions  to  the  Enumerators,  particular  directions 
were  given  to  specify,  in  connection  with  Operatives,  the  kind  of  work  in  which 
they  were  employed ;  but  we  find  in  the  returns,  2,950  operatives  without  any 
specification. 

Under  other  general  terms,  such  as  Merchants,  Laborers,  Mechanics,  &c., 
many  persons  are  included  who  should  have  been  more  particularly  designated. 

For  these  reasons,  and  many  others,  which  injure  the  value  of  the  table,  and 
which  will  suggest  themselves  to  those  who  examine  it,  I  have  not  thought  it 
worth  while  to  give  the  table  of  occupations  by  towns ;  but  have  included  the 
returns  for  the  whole  State  in  one  table,  with  the  occupations  arranged  in 
alphabetical  order. 


PART   II. 

AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS. 


T   A.   B  L  E  S  . 


CENSUS  OF  EHODE  ISLAND, 

JUNE    1,    1865. 


54 


AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS. 


TABLE  XXXIII.     AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS  of  the  State  of  Rhode 
Island.     Census  of  June  1,  1865. 


TOWNS 
AND    DIVISIONS 
OF  TUB  STATE. 

ACRES    OF   LAND. 

CASH    VALUE. 

•d 

1 
o 

z 

1865 

If 

I 

1865 

* 

i 

1 

1865 

1 
£ 
K 
B 
13 
P 

1865. 

•3 
9     . 

si 

***  '-3 

l! 

o  .2 
1865. 

iA 
i 

02 

s 

1865. 

•3      . 

\\ 

1    1 

Ho. 

SS 

1865. 

Barrington  

716 
1,136 
316 

968 
1,959 
636 

1,481 
2,273 
521 

1,123 
606 
557 

$533,750   $38,776 
911,560      69,118 
161,820      14,261 

§  15,430 
27,779 
5,594 

Bristol  

Warren  

BRISTOL  COUNTY... 
Coventry  

2,168 

1,7154 
641 
1,192 
1,945 

3,563 

4,907 
1,792 
3,860 
3,561 

4,275        2,286 

7,635      16,131 
2,522        4,315 
5,414      16,579 
7,880,       2,419 

1,607,130    122.155 

670,205:      96,655 
343,435      43,276 
319,215      49,917 
1,237,000    125,819 

48,803 

27,602 
11,005 
12,276 
39,594 

East  Greenwich.... 
West  Greenwich... 
Warwick  

KENT  COUNTY.    ... 
Jamestown  

5,542 

779 
1,406 
1,223 
242 
1,012 
2,044 
1,134 

14,120 

1,210 
2,625 
2,741 
689 
1,415 
3,526 
2,607 

23,451      39,444 

3.2381          227 
4,048        2,863 
2,597;          174 
1,291           100 
1,518 
4,864           926 
3,070        5,292 

2,569,855    315,667 

279,100      57,414 
680,615    109,552 
1,288,150    118,781 
1,026,500      39,500 
295,200      49,059 
1,192,075    136,006 
674,447      70,541 

90,477 

7,945 
15,695 
23,099 
11,250 
11,630 
25,812 
18,295 

Little-  Compton  

Middletown  

Newport  

New  Shoreham  

Portsmouth  

Tiverton  

NEWPOKT  COUNTY  .  . 
Burrillville  

7,840 

904 
1,862 
1,054 
902 
1,315 
1,008 
1,084 
229 
183 
1,901 
1,754 

14,813 

3,928 
3,764 
5,229 
1,773 
5.519 
<539 
2,719 
1,528 
177 
5,242 
7,247 

20,626 

4,212 

3,949 
5,674 
1,521 
7,804 
5,918 
2,846 
1,674 
279 
7,315 
8,327 

9,582   5,436,087 

15,316      566,600 
6,609   1,455,185 
5,897      793,300 
963      562,200 
13,965;      534,984 
14,678      529,010 
5,704      945,122 
1,770   1,145,150 
260      190,100 
16,328   1,571,500 
13,351    1,416,550 

580,853 

71,633 
158,214 
104,876 
52,595 
102,790 
83,131 
77,479 
61,079 
9,788 
143,718 
169,818 

113,726 

28,055 
50,832 
22,441 
14,435 
31,140 
16,572 
25,853 
21,858 
3,247 
73,022 
48,514 

Cranston  

Cumberland  

East  Providence.  .  .  . 
Foster  

Glocester  

Johnston  

North  Providence.  .  . 
Pawtucket  

Scituate  

Smithfleld  

TOWNS   PROV.  Co.. 
PROVIDENCE  CITY. 
Charlestown  

12,196 
108 

1,114 
1,690 
794 
•»  2,101 
2,253 
735 
1,245 

41,665 
231 

2,915 
5,250 
2,999 
4,089 
4,789 
3,524 
3,285 

49,519 
117 

7,105 
7,838 
5,209 
10,098 
8,740 
8,378 
7,101 

94,841 
136 

6,272 
13,568 
7,298 
7,436 
7,228 
9,210 
3,789 

9,709,701 
1,222,000 

286,100 
407,215 
314,100 
53,700 
903,275 
356,015 
1,524,064 

1,035,121 
12,030 

48,795 
85,731 
50,296 
145,238 
119,550 
69,485 
81,567 

335,969 
3,985 

9,542 
14,056 
10,463 
20,395 
29,286 
12,192 
28,233 

Exeter  

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown.  .  . 
South  Kingstown  .  .  . 
Richmond  

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  Co.  .  . 
WHOLE  STATE  

9,932 
37,786 

26,851 
101,243 

54,469 
152,457 

54,801 
201,090 

3,844,469 
24,389,242 

600,662 
2,666,488 

124,167 
717,127 

AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS. 


55 


TABLE  XXXIII. — Continued. — AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS. 


TOWNS 
AND    DIVISIONS 
OF  THB  STATE. 

TONS  OF  HAY- 

HAY  SEED. 

WHEAT. 

RTE. 

INDIAN  CORN. 

!? 

H 

t» 
o 

OB 

a 
o  . 

H 

1864. 

1 
•3 

H 

1865. 

•3    . 

« 

t.  -a 

£  a 

II 

1864. 

l-s 

Gfc;  ^ 

O  K 

1864. 

a 

1 
aa 

I 
a 

1864. 

K 

a 
a 

% 
18^4. 

d 

I 

i 
< 

1864. 

•a 

"3 

"§ 

3 

H 

1864. 

1 

1 
PM 

o 
1864. 

"3 

K 

"3 

•2 

3 

B 
1864. 

Barrington  

874 
1,770 
475 

1,015 
1,927 
528 

..... 

20 

lll 

91 
34 
11 

881 
852 
126 

197 
367 
131 

5,040 
12,821 
3,388 

Bristol  
"Warren  

30 

BRISTOL,  COUNTY.. 
Coventry  

3,119 

3,026 
1,282 
1,684 
3,619 

3,470 

3,032 
1,393 
1,704 
3,423 

6 

65 
170 
488 
15 

199 
95 



30 

136 

108 
69 
52 
415 

1,859 

961 
519 
325 
4,619 

695 

707 
372 
576 
841 

21,249 

15,708 
9,830 
9,703 

24,782 

East  Greenwich  
West  Greenwich..  .  . 
"YVarwick  

170 
20 

1 
15 

5 
126 

KENT    COUNTY..   . 

9,611 

741 

2,080 
2,859 
881 
1.375 
2,411 
2,006 

9,552 

971 
2,&22 
3,415 
990 
1,540 
3,244 
2,221 

738 

"s 

285 

128 
178 

16 

131 

634 
59 

6,424 
995 

2,496 

341 
721 
569 
90 
470 
729 
560 

59,523 

10,775 
27,760 
21,771 
4,200 
13,037 
24,909 
18,566 

Jamestown  

Little  Compton  .... 
Middletown  
Newport  

.... 

.... 

1-4 
1 

25 
30 

New  Shoreham..  . 
Portsmouth,  

.... 

734 

4 

1 

118 
24 

61 
5  1-4 

1,463 
98 

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY. 

12,353 

2,323 
4,328 
4,020 
1,572 
3,065 
2,648 
2,497 
1,560 
156 
4,092 
6,056 

15,003 

2,399 
-  4,398 
3,934 
1,641 
3,278 
2,711 
2,423 
1,539 
167 
4,046 
5,640 

8 

1,040 

5 
1 

142 

10 
2 
14 

116 

111 
235 
104 
128 
69 
127 
66 
30 
33 
116 
158 

2,611 

1,037 
2,067 
1,169 
1,611 
703 
1,101 
738 
419 
282 
1,796 
1,798 

3,480 

382 
587 
438 
260 
711 
444 
311 
198 
77 
686 
525 

121,018 

10,552 
23,033 
14,487 
8,209 
16,495 
12,673 
9,671 
7,844 
1,950 
21,229 
24,816 

Cranston  

Cumberland  

2 

East  Providence.  .  .  . 
Foster  

2,635 

257 

2 

12 

Glocester  

Johnston  

46 

'iei 

50 

2^95 

4 

"is- 

"i5 

3-8 
11 
1-4 
11 
1-8 

.  8 
94 

2 
245 
3 

North  Providence.. 
Pawtucket  

Scituate  

Smithfield  
TOWNS  PROV.  Co.. 
PROVIDENCE   CITY. 

32,317 

280 

1,135 
2,034 
1,318 

2.718 
2,803 
1,238 
1,639 

32,176 
260 

1,383 
2,315 
1,653 
3,146 
3,429 
1,624 
;    1,883 

291 

28 

390 

1,177 
3 

53 
102 
52 
181 
14 
103 
63 

12,721 
42 

843 
543 
411 
2,632 
323 
693 
659 

4,619 
16 

537 
808 
479 
1,031 
1,060 
573 
724 

150,959 
370 

10,440 
15,043 
9,406 
24,566 
30,057 
9,773 
14,229 

•   80 
'126 

'780 
40 
45 

151 
41 
48 
35 
107 
207 

Exeter  

Hopkinton  

'i-2 

'""5 

North  Kingstown.  .  . 
South  Kingstown.  .  . 
Richmond  

1-2 

3 

3 

52 

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  Co.  .  . 
WHOLE  STATE  

12,885 
70,565 

15,433 
75,894 

1,065 
4,712 

589 
2,404 

4 
58 

60 
753 

568 
2,634 

5,504 
29,161 

5,212 
16,518 

113,514 
466,633 

56 


AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS. 


TABLE  XXXIII. — Continued. — AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS. 


TOWNS 
AND     DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

OATS. 

IRISH.  POTATO'S 

£  Sweet  Potatoes, 
£  Bushels  of. 

|2  Barley,  Bushels  of. 

M 

g  Buckwh«at,  Bush,  of 

jjg  Horses,  June  1. 

£  Asses  and  Mules, 
85  Jnnrl. 

1 
4j 

1864. 

1 

i 

1 

• 

.  « 

1864. 

1 
1 

1 
«( 

1864. 

1 
3 

H 
1864. 

91 
155 

87 

1,823       108 
5,158       14ft 
2,822         64 

10,694 
16,840 
6,465 

... 

374         44 
1,526      .... 
266      .... 

159 
223 

64 

"i 

Bristol  

BRISTOL  COUNTY.  .  . 

333 

138 
12 
211 
118 

9,803 

1,712 

183 
2,149 
2,334 

315 

342 
153 
262 
522 

32,999 

35,965 
12,308 
19.035 
46,523 



"20 

2,156 

523 
1,974 
186 
1,676 

44 

153 
14 
101 
330 

446 

311 
146 
181 
.354 

i 

K;i<t  Greenwich.  .  .  . 

West  Greenwich  .... 

KENT  COUNTY  

479 

263 
547 
323 
34 
326 
655 
311 

6,378 

6,981 
24,270 
15,432 
1,015 
11,776 
23,828 
10,191 

1,279 

18 
37 
84 
30 
90 
225 
99 

113,831 

2,162 
4,609 
12,608 
4,850 
12,595 
26,652 
9,828 

20 
"88 

:::: 

'l70 

4,359 

1,835 
4,357 
6,439 
1,340 
614 
4,507 
4,029 

598 
'i22 

'254 

992 

72 
260 
282 
bO 
108 
293 
166 

"5 
"2 

40 

Little  Corapton  

Middletown      

New  Shorehani  

Portsmouth    

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY  .  . 
Burrillville  

2,459 

59 
31 
13 
84 
174 
12 
1 
16 
10 
30 
55 

93,493 

1,005 
478 
306 
2,007 
2.625 
134 
12 
225 

'392 
903 

583 

265 
498 
248 
188 
362 
298 
318 
158 
57 
661 
613 

73,304 

21,250 
49,860 
25,757 
22,080 
o  2,664 
27,411 
31,376 
14,327 
3,340 
60,391 
50,464 

208 

"37 
15 

.;;; 

22,121 

414 
1,367 
2,571 
532 
1,170 
828 
862 
651 
24 
1,864 
4,176 

376 

173 
20 
1 
117 
440 
25 
1 
26 

"9 
49 

1,241 

267 
908 
255 
266 
263 
288 
309 
209 
49 

47 

8 
2 
1 
6 
2 

Cranston  

Cumberland  ,  

East  Providence.  .  .  . 
Foster  

Glocester  

North  Providence.  .  . 
Pawtucket  

Smithfield  

527 

1 

TOWNS  PROV.  Co.  .  . 
PROVIDENCE  CITY.. 
Charlestown  

485 

382 
297 
220 
183 
841 
281 
347 

8,087 
40 

9,097 
4,032 
4,185 
"3,072 
23,219 
4,776 
9,762 

3,566 
23 

118 

348 
107 
651 
279 
239 
194 

^8,910 
2,655 

9,802 
21,930 
8,428 
42,300 
36,784 
12,180 
17,504 

52 

O 

"i 
i 

14,459 
85 

188 
411 
66 
1,981 
446 
33 
205 

861 

48 
46 
47 
147 
30 
169 
3 

3,807 
8,021 

155 

224 
153 
366 
311 
188 
229 

19 

"2 
"2 

KxL'tcr.  

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown... 
South  Kingstown  .  .  . 
Richmond  

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  Co  — 
WHOLE  STATE  

2,551 
6,308 

58,143    1,836 
175,9441   7,602 

148,928 
710,627 

4 

284 

3,320 
46,500 

490 
2,369 

1,626 
11,133 

4 
71 

AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS. 


57 


TABLE  XXXIII. —  Continued. — AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS. 


TOWNS 
AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

a 
a 
>-i 

£ 

& 

01 

a 
t» 

1865. 

o 

•o 
q 

3 
o 
P. 

1 

t£ 

1865. 

c 

1-5 

oT 
B 

M 

1865. 

NEAT    CATTLE. 

M  Value  of  Cattle 
o>  killed  or  sold,  year 
•  ending  June  1 

So  Butter,  Pounds  of, 
85  year  ending  June  1. 

So  Cheese,  Pounds  of, 
S  year  ending  June  1. 

I 
o 
o 

1 

9 

1865. 

1 
o 

to 

a 

I 

1865. 

& 

"5 
o 

1 

0 

1865. 

B.irrington  

29           88 
1,111       2,082 
84         345 

284 
438 
161 

216 
391 
112 

56 
106 
40 

95 
170 
34 

$3,870 
10,852 
3,300 

11,112 
15,624 
4,750 

65 
65 
645 

Bristol  

\Varren  

BRISTOL  COCNTY.. 
Coventry  

1,224      2,515 

605      1,281 
815      1,419 

864      1,988 
892         600 

883 

741 
299 
325 
799 

719 

762 
354 
411 

787 

202 

236 
128 
107 
210 

299    18,022 

334    19,346 
102    17,460 
167:     2,872 
224    27,438 

31,486 

33,366 
21,255 
15,847 
39,200 

775 

15,581 
4,210 
11,987 
5,809 

East  Greenwich..  .  . 
West  Greenwich.  .  . 
\Varwick  

KENT  COUNTY  
Jan\estown  

3,176 

1,990 
1,988 
3,547 
1,165 
1,889 
3,598 
1,337 

5,288 

7,210 
7,804 
16,693 
4,615 
5,843 
13,423 
4,213 

2,164;    2,314 

344       356 
541        561 
483       576 
128       171 
419       276 
876       674 
448       448 

781 

80 
283 
269 
79 
309 
346 
255 

827    67,116 

85     7,105 
448    55,702 
256    68,777 
57      8,290 
351      8,410 
226    32,284 
416;  28,570 

109,668 

29,950 
37,254 
30,052 
2,972 
15,245 
38,282 
17,143 

37,387 

1,030 

5,850 
672 

Little  Compton.  .  .  . 
Middletown  

Newport  

New  Shoreham  .... 
Portsmouth  

10,875 
325 
2,833 

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUJJTY. 
Burrillville  

15,509 

351 
14 
124 

45 
1,435 
486 
82 
4 
4 
380 
136 

59,301 
960 

3,239     3,062 

392       583 
991        792 
623  i       82t> 
408       446 
550!       785 
552       758 
486       604 
380'       372 
73         83 
812,      979 
746!    1,326 

1,621 

238 
157 
200 
50 
257 
154 
81 
44 
2 
269 
313 

1,839 

226 
274 
501 
125 
445 
•  307 
184 
87 
24 
265 
409 

209,138 

30,927 
66,805 
19,892 
3,690 
35,346 
24,301 
14,779 
6,678 
1,090 
45,494 
21,506 

170,898 

23,985 
22,890 
44,019 
7,772 
42,508 
34,427 
16,794 
2,092 
2,147 
70,285 
54,905 

21,585 

2,300 
700 
1,840 
500 
24,520 
6,745 
35 

Cumberland  

414 
174 

3,518 
970 
226 

East  Providence.  .  . 
Foster  

Glocester  

Johnston  

North  Providence  .  . 
Pawtucket  .  .  . 

13 
1,031 
473 

Scituate  

3,860 
1,170 

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROV.  Co  .  . 
PROVIDENCE  CITY. 
Charlestown  

3,061 

7,779 

6,013 
495 

245 
368 
233 
865 
883 
381 
500 

7,557 
324 

350 
494 
347 
733 
697 
375 
546 

1,765 
18 

154 
325 
138 
328 
455 
159 
187 

2,847 
9 

340 
380 
192 
249 
443 
280 
488 

270,508 
1,140 

16,863 
5,091 
36,646 
76,446 
19,053 
23,974 
14,466 

321,824 
1,850 

23,934 
28,788 
27,181 
53,135 
38,572 
28,466 
21,664 

41,670 

1,856 
2,557 
1,265 
4,271 
3,863 
2,733 
1,202 

4,006 
5,355 
3,210 
9,237 
9,677 
5,626 
2,787 

7,100 
2,083 
6,609 
1,450 
600 
10,646 
6,225 

Exeter  

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown  .  . 
South  Kingstown  .  . 
Richmond.  ... 

^Vesterly  

WASHINGTON  Co.  . 

WHOLE  STATE  .   .  . 
8 

17,747 
40,717 

39,898 
114,781 

3,475 
16,269 

3,542 
17,518 

1,746 
6,133 

2,322 
8,143 

192,539 
758,463 

221,740 
857,466 

34,713 
136,130 

58 


AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS. 


TABLE  XXXIII. — Continued. — AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS. 


TOWNS 
AND  DIVISIONS 

OP  THE  STATE. 

. 

g  Milk,  Gallons  of,  sold, 
&<  year  ending  June  1. 

• 
<£  Tobacco,  Pounds  of. 

i-i 
<£  Wine,  Gallons  of. 

i-  Value  of  Orchard 
$.  Products. 

5;  Value  of  products  of 
z-  Market  Gardens. 

M 

g  Onions,  Bushels  of. 

<g  Carrots,  Bushels  of. 

Barrington  

4,072 

42,767 
1,238 

400         15        $487    §34,112 
250         22           542        3,337 
680          ..            388        1,375 

18,085 
71,734 
3,320 

16,752 
47,649 

1,784 

Bristol.               

BRISTOL  COUNTY... 
Coventry  

48,077 

42,994 
16,032 
34,244 
118,710 

1,330         37 

2,807         90 
1,745    2,115 
1,054      .... 
6,698i       354 

1,417       38,824 

5,265      12,405 
2,100        3,632 
2,705i       4,023 
8,325      43,466 

93,139 

719 
969 
437 
4,818 

66,085 

208 
1,060 
167 
2,295 

East  Greenwich  .... 
West  Greenwich.  .  .  . 
Warwick  

KEVT  COUNTY..    .  >  . 

211,980 

571 

6,600 
85,123 
54,980 
40,160 
22,507 
4,370 

12,304 

7 
21 
20 

2,559 
8 

18,395 

394 
183 
663 

63,526 

758 
319 
3,437 
5,100 
3,564 
6,102 
5,475 

6,943 

763 
520 
6,858 
1,665 
6,685 
10,996 
4,458 

3,730 

54 
104 
4,159 
330 
910 
2,441 
394 

Jamestown  

Little  Compton  

Micldletown  

New  Shoreham  

"70 
125 

"l7 

'eoo 

4,594 

Portsmouth  

Tiverton  .    

NEWPORT  COUNTY.. 
Burrillville  

214,311 

11,850 
306,102 
126,062 
102,630 
68,393 
13,850 
213,959 
137,722 
9,595 
300,115 
196,558 

243 

25 

6,434 

5,581 
15,065 
13,678 
3,580 
6,313 
7,863 
11,756 
6,704 
219 
18,004 
14,735 

24,755 

13,956 
72,217 
710 
14,760 
9,066 
4,000 
20,242 
13,809 
475 
661 
9,398 

31,945 

15 
947 
58 
2,154 
103 
79 
215 
445 
7 
543 
1,583 

8,392 

'iii 

223 
1,545 
6 
152 
380 
352 
44 
172 
1.096 

Cranston  

72 

320 
3,956 
1,711; 
604 
75 

11 
5 
30 
5 
63 
27 
67 

Cumberland     

East  Providence  .... 
Foster  

Glocester  

Johnston  

North  Providence.  .  . 
Pawtucket  

Scituate.  ..... 

2,785       294 
1,080        'ID 

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROT.  Co.  .  . 
PROVIDENCE  CITT.. 
Charlestown  

1,486,836 
16,630 

1,401 
114,985 
842 
56,855 
1,467 
63,932 
5,956 

10,608 

518 

103,498 
921 

626 
2,983 
1,251 
4,468 
1,300 
1,891 
401 

159,294 
4,385 

3,811 
7,259 
262 
10,167 
9,889 
8,813 
10,846 

6,149 
750 

294 
314 
73 
7,904 
4,409 
19 
664 

4,384 
225 

116 
298 
4 
5,093 
1,552 

'iii 

1,466 
857 
740 
385 
620 
1,265 
3,830 

64 
10 
6 

58 

'i23 
11 

Exeter  

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown... 
South  Kingstown... 
Richmond  

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  Co  — 
WHOLE  STATE  

245,438 
2,223,272 

9,063 
33,548 

262 
3,401 

12,920 
$143,585 

51,047 
§341,831 

13,677 
152,603 

7,204 
90,020 

AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS. 


59 


TABLE  XXXIII. —  Continued. — AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS. 


TOWNS 
AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

§?  Beets,  Bushels  of. 

So  French  Turnips, 
>g  Bushels  of. 

£  Flat  Turnips, 
$.  Bushels  of. 

oo  Green  Peas, 
pi  Bushels  of. 

So  String  Beans, 
§  Bushels  of. 

oo  Garden  Seeds, 
2  Value  of. 

eg  Strawberries, 
en  Quarts  of. 

1  854 

4189 

1  759 

174 

22 

$674 

1  570 

2230 

11  645 

1  340 

211 

120 

7  246 

986 

Warren  

241 

2,533 

371 

164 

79 

112 

485 

BRISTOL  COUNTY... 
Coventry  

4,325 

657 

18,367 
4  105 

3,470 
1,374 

549 
834 

221 
966 

8,032 

3,041 
1  197 

East  Greenwich  

358 

1.649 

656 

221 

310 

67 

395 

West  Greenwich.... 

123 

2,100 

439 

13 

41 

178 

"Warwick  

2,545 

9.788 

7,269 

3387 

1,351 



648 

8675 

KENT  COUNTY  

3,583 

17,642 

9,738 

4455 

2688 

715 

10  445 

Jamestown  

105 

2,881 

53 

76 

132 

Little  Compton  

128 

14,153 

680 

800 

Midclletown  

2,188 

8,186 

4,064 

173 

130 

164 

1,595 

2610 

1  525 

810 

100 

50 

50 

New  Shoreham  

600 

Portsmouth  

744 

6,044 

6,440 

741 

628 

1,999 

15,380 

Tiverton  

1,547 

8,232 

2,948 

527 

125 

401 

400 

NEWPORT  COUNTY.. 
Burrillville  

7,322 

41,621 
1,486 

14,995 
713 

1,541 

933 

2,690 

18,307 
478 

Cranston  

1,530 

6,272 

9,355 

3,018 

804 

42 

3,377 

Cumberland  

59 

2,092 

1,023 

196 

70 

East  Providence  
Foster  .  . 

1,114 

108 

4,945 
3,089 

3,950 
2615 

320 
20 

255 
1 

722 

1,580 
283 

Glocoster  

213 

1,952 

1  252 

10 

420 

342 

Johnston          

1,841 

2,520 

2875 

713 

288 

207 

4,959 

North  Providence. 

920 

2635 

3262 

1025 

227 

10415 

5 

151 

1  234 

58 

46 



120 

Scituate  

540 

3,814 

3,010 

783 

831 

3 

194 

Smithlield  

628 

4,374 

3,364 

914 

314 

55 

2,805 

TOWNS  PKOV.  Co.  .  . 
PROVIDENCE  CITY.. 

6,958 
950 

33,330 
99 

32,653 
475 

7,057 
62 

3,256 
28 

1,029 

24,553 
700 

299 

1  636 

142 

142 

107 

2  163 

337 

50 

Hopkinton          .  .    . 

43 

2,182 

609 



62 

4 

2,808 

,      527 

6  632 

960 

152 

396 

2234 

South  Kingstown. 

1  282 

9330 

101 

254 

41 

1,511 

llichmond 

7 

2184 

294 

1 

747 

Westerly  

197 

4,286 

234 

361 

209 

9 

1,954 

WASHINGTON  Co.  .  . 
WHOLE  STATE  

2,462 
25,600 

27,413 
138,472 

2,677 
64,008 

413 
14,077 

525 
J,631 

451 
$12,917 

9,446 
66,492 

60 


AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS. 


TABLE  XXXIII. — Concluded. — AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS. 


TOWNS 
AND     DIVISIONS 
OP«THE  STATE. 

g  Kggg  and  Poultry  ; 
05  ,Value  produced  year 
•euding  June.  1865. 

g  Poultry  ;  Value  on 
S  hand  June  1. 

Qg  Honey,  Pounds  of. 

M 

S  Hops,  Pounds  of. 

<g  Flax,  Pounds  raised. 

1 

•3 
1 

1 
1864. 

£  Fertilizers  and  Ma- 
$  nures,  Value  bought. 

Barrington  

§  3  052 

$  1,405 

115 

1  192 

S3  477 

Bristol  

5915 

2,880 

159 

18 

13  244 

Warren  

2,278 

1,085 

515 

1  341 

BRISTOL  COUNTY.  .  . 
Coventry  

11,245 
11  462 

5,370 
4,870 

789 
674 

18 
51 

15 

1,192 
9 

18,062 
1  512 

East  Greenwich  

5,115 

4,081 

381 

28 

172 

246 

West  Greenwich.  .  .  . 
Warwick.   ...    ... 

6,538 
15,368 

1,807 
6,667 

318 
963 

18 
163 

ioo 

2 
1  623 

250 
3527 

KENT  COUNTY  

38,483 

17,425 

2,336 

260 

115 

1  806 

5,535 

Jamestown  

4,955 

2,495 

87 

Little  Compton.  . 

19888 

6/J44 

20 

1  155 

Middletowii  

8,880 

4,698 

384 

8,304 

Newport  . 

1  540 

730 

1  835 

New  Shoreham  

6,643 

3,389 

1  506 

Portsmouth      .  .    . 

13965 

6,«77 

130 

9,201 

Tiverton  

11,075 

3,929 

498 

6 

1 

829 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  .  . 
Burrillville  

66,946 
*  5497 

29,062 
2,708 

1,032 
330 

6 

1 

1,506 

21,411 
1,047 

Cranston. 

20098 

7,134 

1,070 

:::: 

1  535 

11,254 

Cumberland  

10,448 

4,469 

692 

15 

246 

1,114 

East  Providence 

4  871 

2551 

360 

50 

7,718 

Foster  

11  990 

7,470 

2,665 

3 

3,881 

Glocester  

7,248 

3,092 

1,18(3 

5 

1,333 

Johnston  

9,133 

2,314 

318 

111 

100 

6,035 

North  Providence.  .  . 
Pawtucket  

2,354 
595 

1,700 
820 

144 
20 

12 

52 

..'!.' 

436 
32 

5,030 
879 

Scituate  

21,707 

5,516 

650 

70 

10 

3,735 

Srnithfield  

12,459 

6,222 

910 

127 

232 

4,705 

1 

TOWNS  PROV.  Co.  .  . 
PROVIDENCK  CITY.. 

106,400 
510 

43,996 
235 

8,345 
25 

395 

100 

2,541 

46,231 
946 

10699 

2941 

340 

163 

1,490 

11  726 

3,693 

240 

15 

636 

Hopkinton  ...         .  . 

6580 

1,862 

210 

12 

1,414 

North  Kingstown 

20  Nil) 

5,579 

591 

2,167 

3,446 

South  Kingstown. 

19364 

12629 

403 

130 

7,054 

Richmond  

7,632 

2,441 

364 

2,212 

Westerly.  .......... 

11,399 

3,9-34 

155 

14 

5 

2,782 

WASHINGTON  Co  — 
WHOLE  STATE  

88,210 
$311,794 

33,099 
$129,187 

2,303 
14,830 

679 

29 
245 

2,477 
9,522 

19,034 
§111,219 

AGRICULTURAL    STATISTICS.       FARMS. 


61 


TABLE  XXXIV.     AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS. — Showing  the  num- 
ber and  size  of  the  Farms  in  each  town  and  county  in  Rhode  Island. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

Whole  No.  of 
Farms. 

1  acre  and  under  3. 

3  and  under  10. 

10  and  under  20. 

20  and  under  60. 

50  and  under  100. 

100  and  under  200. 

200  and  under  300. 

j  300  and  under  400. 

1  400  and  under  600. 

1 

•s 
§ 

1 

|  1000  and  over. 

Barrington 

117 
129 
63 

17 
10 

2 

19 
31 
6 

28 
20 
21 

24 
24 
20 

22 
22 
13 

6 
19 
1 

Bristol  

2 

1 

Warren  ...."..... 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  
Coventry  

-309 

308 
119 
207 
174 

29 

1 
1 

56 

20 
3 
4 

7 

69 

18 
9 
5 
19 

68 

6t 
29 
21 
42 

67 

99 
42 

48 
56 

26 

70 
32 
91 
30 

2 

27 

2 
28 
13 

1 

8 
1 
6 
6 

1 

1 
2 

1 

Hast  Greenwich.. 

West  Greenwich  

3 

1 
1 

•:• 

Warwick  

KENT  COUNTY  

808 

53 
217 
140 
29 
124 
183 
452 

2 

4 
4 

"i 

1 
4 
12 

34 

4 
18 
13 
2 
10 
22 
65 

51 

2 
35 
24 
1 
42 
22 
81 

153 

10 
82 
51 
10 
51 
60 
134 

245 

13 
65 
37 
9 
13 
42 
86 

223 

12 
22 
13 
3 

23 
57 

70 

5 

21 

2 
1 

4 
1 

4 

1 

Jamestown  

Little  Compton  

Middletown  

2 

Newport  

R 

New  Shoreham  .  . 

3 
4 
10 

Portsmouth  

2 
3 

1 

3 
4 

7 

"i 

1 

3 

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY.  .  .  . 

1,198 

214 

204 
246 
119 
311 
279 
210 
179 
47 
385 
392 

26 
"9 
"6 

"ii 

2 
19 
4 

134 

3 
20 
11 
16 
5 
13 
25 
48 
13 
27 
20 

207 

11 
23 
20 
29 
5 
12 
26 
31 
19 
32 
41 

398 

41 
58 
76 
39 
69 
.      49 
70 
47 
9 
85 
106 

255 

88 
48 
76 
26 
119 
111 
48 
31 
3 
109 
116 

134 

53 
34 
66 
6 
100 
72 
34 
10 
1 
81 
83 

24 

9 
7 
3 
3 
14 
15 
5 
1 

11 

5 

1 
1 

2 

3 

1 
2 

Cranston  

Cumberland  

East  Providence  

Foster  

2 
4 
2 

2 

Glocester  

3 

•• 

Johnston  

North  Providence..  .   . 

Pawtucket  

Scituate  .  .  \  

22 
16 

6 
1 

2 
1 

2 
4 

10 

4 

Smithfield  

TOWNS  PROV.  Co  
PROVIDENCE  CITY... 
Charlestown 

2,586 
15 

143 

241 
150 
282 
364 
'     168 
222 

50 
1 

6 
1 
1 
4 

23 
19 

45 

201 
2 

4 

5 
.    2 
11 
50 
6 
34 

249 
4 

9 
o 
6 
32 
35 
5 
24 

639 
1 

16 
35 
21 
63 
61 
20 
28 

775 
6 

48 
70 
43 
83 
69 
35 
29 

530 
.       1 

46 
94 
66 
68 
93 
64 
41 

95 

22 

11 

13 
22 

7 
16 
28 
18 
15 

1 

1 

Exeter  

6 
4 
6 
6 
6 
4 

3 

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown  
South  Kingstown  ..... 
Richmond.  .  .    

3 
4 
2 

12 
29 

5 
2 

1 

Westerly  

WASHINGTON  Co  
WHOLE  STATE*  

8 
30 

1,570 
6,486 

56. 

98 
206 

111 

538 

116 
696 

234 
1,493 

377 
1,715 

462 
1,376 

119 
310 

31 
86 

2 
7 

*  See  note  on  next  pa 

62  AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS.       FARMS. 


NOTE.—  The  preceding  table  shows  the  number  of  forms  reported  in  the  State. 
The  number  and  size  of  the  farms  of  500  acres  and  over,  included  in  the  table,  are  as 
follows : 

Barrington,  one  farm,  505  acres. 

Coventry,  one  farm,  720  acres  ;  one,  990 ;  one,  1,040. 

West  Greenwich,  one  farm,  787  acres. 

Warwick,  one  farm,  500  acres. 

Portsmouth,  one  farm,  600  acres;  one,  500;  one,  541  acres. 

Tiverton,  two  farms,  557  acres  each;  two,  504  acres  each. 

Burrillville,  one  farm,  4,039  acres. 

Cranston,  one  farm,  1,040  acres;  one,  1,060;  one,  1,500 acres. 

Cumberland,  one  farm,  560  acres. 

Glocester,  one  farm,  595  acres ;  one,  620 ;  one,  550  acres. 

Scituate,  one  farm,  600  acres  ;  one,  520  acres. 

Smithfield,  one  farm,  940  acres  ;  one,  755 ;  one,  922 ;  one,  602  acres. 

Charlestown,  one  farm,  645  acres ;  one,  3,275  acres. 

South  Kingstown,  one  farm,  546  acres;  one,  592;  one,  546;  one,  515;  one,  524; 

one,  1,922  acres. 

Richmond,  one  farm,  554  acres ;  one,  506  acres. 
Whole  number,  37. 


ADDITIONAL  AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS. 

An  attempt  was  made  to  obtain  some  items  of  information  connected  with  the 
Agricultural  interests  of  the  State,  in  addition  to  those  included  in  the  regular  agri- 
cultural blanks.  The  result  is  the  foUowing  statistics,  which,  from  the  nature  of  the 
case,  are  imperfect.  The  inquiries  were  not  made  in  all  the  towns,  and  in  other 
towns  the  statistics  were  not  fully  obtained.  The  items  may,  however,  be  of  sufficient 
interest  to  warrant  their  publication,  and  they  are  given  as  reported. 

DRY  BEANS. 

The  following  towns  make  returns  of  Dry  Beans,  for  the  year  1864,  as  follows  :  — 

Bushels.    |  Bushels. 

Barrington 200    !  Foster 301 

Coventry 684  i    Glocester 231 

East  Greenwich . . . , 96      Johnston 275 

West  Greenwich 939      Scituate 634 

Warwick 330      Smithfield 783 

Jamestown 29      Exeter 427 

Tiverton  121  l    North  Kingstown 541 

Burrillville 394      South  Kingstown 1 .  672 

Cranston 246      Richmond 289 

Cumberland  62  jj  

Total 7,244 


AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS. 


63 


TIMBEK  AND  WOOD. 

Some  towns  report  the  number  of  feet  of  timber,  others  only  the  value ;  some 
report  the  number  of  cords  of  wood,  others  the  value  only,  as  follows,  for  the  year 
ending  June,  1865 : 


TOWNS. 

! 

TIMBER. 

WOOD. 

Feet. 

Dollars. 

Cords. 

Dollars. 

Barrington  

600 
25,000 
9,800 

100 
7,837 
2,226 
7,962. 
2,005 
1,097 
20,000 

Coventry  

East  Greenwich  

West  Greenwich  

Warwick  

150,000 

100   : 

2,666 

Cumberland  

50 

Foster     

5,433 

18,307 

Glocester  

2,900 
3,462 
6,674 

Scituate  

202,950 

Charlestown  

3.724 
15,348 
8,632 
3,648 
13,182 
13,656 

Hopkinton  

100 
1,955 

2,881 

North  Kingstown  

Westerly  

1,809 

Totals  .  . 

388.350 

12,278 

54.313 

80.808 

CRANBERRIES. 

The  following  towns  report  Cranberries  gathered  in  1864,  as  follows  :  — 

Bushels. 
.   145 


Bushels. 

East  Greenwich 262 

West  Greenwich 337 

Burrillville 1000 

Glocester 33 

Johnston 323 

Smithfield 537 

Total 


Exeter. 

Hopkinton 

North  Kingstown. 

Richmond 

Westerly 


26 

75 

326 

221 


.3,285 


STRAW. 
A  few  towns  report  Straw  in  1864,  as  follows  :  — 


Jamestown     ... 

Tons. 
205 

Dollars. 
855 

JTJverton  

.   .  .     253 

184 

Charlestown  

217 

1,208 

Hopkinton       ....                  . 

140 

2,600 

South  Kingstown  

533 

North  Kingstown  

2,468 

Richmond         .           .  . 

149 

517 

Total  

1  497 

Total  

7,832 

Tiverton  reports  500  tons  of 

Husks. 

64  AGRICULTURAL   STATISTICS. 


BERRIES. 
The  following  towns  report  Berries  gathered,  as  follows :  — 

WHORTLEBERRIES. 


Quarts.    '  Quarts. 


Glocester : 33,600 

Charlestbwn 15,360 

Exeter 19,200 


North  Kingstown 25,808 

Richmond 5,744 

I  Westerly 544 


Hopkinton 2,304 

Total 102,560 

Bristol  reports  Eighteen  Dollars  worth  of  Gooseberries. 
Jamestown  reports  72  bushels  of  Blackberries. 

North  Providence  reports  221  quarts  of  Raspberries. 

. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Cabbages. — Bristol  reports  350  dollars  worth,  and  Smithfield  1,375  dollars  worth. 

Hemlock  Bark. — Glocester  reports  22  cords  of  hemlock  bark.. 

Gi-apes. — North  Providence  reports  5  bushels  of  grapes,  and  East  Providence  600 
pounds  Exotic  grapes. 

Tomatoes. — North  Providence  reports  1,200  bushels  of  tomatoes. 

Bees. — Foster  reports  103  swarms  of  bees. 

Pork. — Johnston  reports  104,255  pounds,  and  Little  Compton  reports  21,833  dollars 
worth  of  Pork. 

Lambs. — Little  Compton  reports  5,962  dollars  worth  of  lambs. 

Cream. — Smithfield  reports  601  dollars  worth  of  cream. 

Peat. — The  1,506  cords  of  Peat,  returned  in  the  tables  for  New  Shoreham,  were  esti- 
mated to  be  worth  4,134  dollars. 

Flax. — In  the  whole  State,  there  were  reported  2  1-4  acres  sown,  in  1864,.  and  one- 
twentieth  of  an  acre,  in  1865. 


PART  III. 


T  A.  B  L  E  S. 


CENSUS  OF  RHODE  ISLAND, 

JUNE  1,  1865. 


66 


FISHERIES    AND    SHORE    STATISTICS. 


TABLE   XXXV.     FISHERIES  AND   SHORE   STATISTICS. — Showing 
the  Statistics  in  Rhode  Island,  for  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865. 


TOWNS. 

> 
3  Salt  Marsh. 

£ 

SALT  HAY. 

SEA  DRIFT. 

• 

I 

| 
M 

>  % 

<   a. 

• 

1 

£ 
& 

I 

1. 

01    *? 

tfl         Q 

£  o 

*  s 

•<  s. 

I 
I 

271 
157 
69 
7 
161i 
127 
130 
317 

231  $12.03 
126     9.14 
28     5.10 
13    11.36 
167    11.11 
80     3.79 
11    10.00 
34    10.23 

$2,785 
1,152 
143 
142; 
1,856 
304 
110 
348 

1,285 
1,502 
538 
5 
6,134 
2,123 
6,775 
1,915 
1,987 
3,220 
2,157 
190 

$1.58 
2.01 
2.50 
.25 
1.00 
1.22 
.49 
1.81 
1.74 
1.03 
1.18 
1.22 

$2,036 
3,029 
1,349 

6,134 
2,610 
3,340 
3,475 
3,461 
3,320 
2,448 
231 

Bristol  

\Varren  

Kns  t  Greenwich  

"Warwick               

Middletown  

.   333 
665 

232 
224 

7.06 
7.91 

1,638 
1,773 

Tiverton  

Kast  Providence         

32          32 
4        •   3 
315        149 
304        276 
534  1      425 
205;  i        85 

11.12 
5.00 
6.15 
8.79 
9.41 
6.83 

356 
15 
917 
2,426 
3,999 
581 

568 
102 
152 
2,702 
2,188 
603 

1.'49 
3.00 
2.70 
1.23 
.56 
.90 

841 
306 
410 
3,324 
1,225 
543 

PROVIDENCE    CITY  

Charlestown  

North  Kingstown  

South  Kingstown  

Westerly  

RECAPITULATION. 


COUNTIES  AND  STATE. 

Salt  Marsh. 

SALT   HAY. 

SEA  DRIFT. 

1 

Average  value 
per  Ton. 

Total  Value. 

.- 

! 

Average  value 
per  Cord. 

Total  Value. 

Acres. 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

497 
168 
1,472 
32 
4 
1,858 

385 
180 
681 
.       32 
3 
935 

$10.59 
11.13 
7.18 
11.12 
6.00 
8.47 

$4,080' 
1,998 
4,173! 
356 
15 
7,923 

3,325 
6,139 
18,367 
568 
102 
5,645 

$1.92 
99 
1.02 
1.49 
3.00 
.97 

$6,414 
6,135 

18,885 
841 
306 
5,502 

KENT  COUNTY  

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  Co.. 
PROVIDENCE  CITY  
WASHINGTON  COUNTY.... 

WHOLE  STATE  

3,531;  1  2,116 

8.76 

18,545il     34,146 

1.11 

38,083 

FISHERIES    AND    SHORE   STATISTICS. 


67 


TABLE  XXXV. — Continued.     FISHERIES  AND  SHORE  STATISTICS. 


TOWNS. 

. 

FISH  SEINED  FOB,  MANURE. 

FISH  CAUGHT  FOR  FOOD. 

£ 

Average  value 
per  Barrel. 

Total  value. 

Pounds. 

Average  value 
per  Pound. 

Total  value. 

Barrington  I       1  ft   .«..".-... 

$  

7,510  .06  cts. 
500  .04 
2,000  .  10 
95,075  .05  71-100 
42,590  .05  54-100 
10,845  .03  19-20 
309,900  .03  3-^00 

§475 
20 
200 
5,435 
2,362 
429 
9,388 

Bristol  

330 
7,200 
250 
9,640 
282 
2,283 

.75 
.53 
.20 
1.00 
.22  8-10 
.60 

248 
3,830 
50 
9,640 
64 
1,370 

Warren  

East  Greenwich  

Wrarwick  

Jamestown  

Little  Compton  

Middletown  

Newport  ,.. 

627,440 
606,000 
320,000 
41,300 
5,000 
10,700 
26,000 
136,251) 
79,000 
135,750 
6,500 

.06  9-25 
.04  83-100 
.04 
.03  8-10 
.07 
.05  68-100 
.06  68-100 
.05- 
.01 
.06  22-100 
.06  06-100 

39,937 
29,300 
12,800 
1,584 
350 
608 
1,738 
6,822 
800 
8,452 
394 

New  Shorehaui  

Portsmouth  

58,000 
73,916 

.82  8-10 
.83  4-10 

48,000 
61,610 

Tiverton  

Cranston  

East  Providence  

1,007 
1,000 
230 

.39  7-10 
.25 
.50 

398 
250 
115 

Providence  Citv  

Charlestown  

North  Kingstown  

South  Kingstown  .  280 
Westerly  \           50 

1-.46  4-10 
1.00 

410 
50 

RECAPITULATION. 


COUNTIES  AND  STATE. 

FISH  SEINED  FOR  MANURE. 

FISH  CAUGHT  FOR  FOOD. 

Barrels. 

Average  value 
per  Barrel. 

1 

I 

Pounds. 

Average  value 
per  Pound. 

j3 

| 

1 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  
KENT  COUNTY  '. 

7,530 
9,890 
134,481 
1,007 
1,000 
560 

cts.54 
.98 
.82  6-10 
.39  7-10 
.25 
1.02  6-10 

$4,078 
9,690 
111,044 
398 
250  H 
675 

10,010 
!    137,665 
1,915,485 
15,700 
26,000 
357,500 

.06  9-10 
.05  66-100 
.04  88-100 
.06  22-100 
.06  68-100 
.04  60-100 

$  695 
7,797 
93,438 
958 
1,738 
16,468 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  
TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  Co 
PROVIDENCE  CITY  
WASHINGTON  COUNTY. 

WHOLE  STATE  

154,468 

.81  6-10 

$126,035 

:2,462,360I.04  91-100J  12]  ,094 

68 


FISHERIES    AND    SHORE    STATISTICS. 


TABLE  XXXV. — Continued.    FISHERIES  AND  SHORE  STATISTICS. 


TOWNS. 

SHELL    FISH. 

JS 

| 
•y 

•, 

I 

o 

1 

& 

i 

e_ 

11 
>n 

Hi 

E-  c»t 

Bushels. 

Bushels.      '     Bushels. 

Bushels. 

Dollars. 

Barrington  

962 
200 
1,215 
1,415 
9,127 
162 

457 

"io 

339 
2,953 
6 

'l45 

55 

'830 
2,966 

l',480 

6,635 
1,627 

500 

**8 

'870 
18 

1,001 

"l3 
242 

4',266 

12,166 
50,450 
1,812 

s'.oio 

7 

2,313 
200 
1,225 
6,313 
13,949 
98 

'232 
2.200 
1,680 
4,331 
468 
200 
19,662 
54,122 
1,515 
6,791 
3.345 
11 

Bristol  

Warren  .  .  -    

East  Greenwich  

Warwick  

Jamestown  

Little  Coinpton  

Middletown  

119 

Newport*  

New  Shoreham  

Portsmouth  .... 

7,715 
576 
200 
3,405 
404 
200 
5,740 
257 

Tiverton  

East  Providence  

Providence  City  

Charlestown  .  .  '.  

North  Kingstown  

South  Kingstown  >. 

Westerly  

.     *  Newport  reports  42,900  pounds  of  Lobsters,  from  5  to  5  1-2  cents  per  pound  ; 
total  value.  2.200  dollars. 


RECAPITULATION. 


SHELL    FISH. 


3^S 

COUNTIES  AND  STATE. 

• 

1 

o. 

£ 

1 

l^-s 

w 

8 

(U 

o 

E-i'Sf* 

Bushels. 

Bushels. 

Bushels. 

Bushels. 

Dollars. 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  

2,377 

467 

1,001 

3,738 

KFNT   COUNTY  

10,542 

3,292 

8,262 

255 

20,262 

NEWPORT  COUNTY      

8572 

206 

600 

4,200 

9,009 

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  Co.. 

3,605 

830 

12,100 

19,862 

404 

2,966 

3 

50,450 

54,122 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY  

6,197 

1,480 

888 

4,889 

11,662 

WHOLE  STATE  

31,697 

9,241 

9,653 

72,895 

118,655 

FISHERIES    AND    SHORE    STATISTICS. 


69 


TABLE  XXXV. —  Continued.    FISHERIES  AND  SHORE  STATISTICS. 


TOWNS. 

RANGE  OF  PRICES  IN  BACH  TOWN; 

Salt  Hay. 
Ton. 

Sea  Drift. 
Cord. 

Fish  tor 
Manure. 
Barrel. 

Fish  for  Food! 
Pound. 

Shell  Fish. 
Bushel. 

From 
Dolls. 

To 
Dolls. 

From 
Dolls. 

To 
Dolls. 

From 
Dolls 

To 
Dolls. 

;From 
Cts. 

.02 

'!6i 
.03 
.03 
-01 

To 
Cts. 

.10 
.04 
.10 
.10 
.08 
.10 
.05 

From 

Dolls 

To 
Dolls 

1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 

2.66 

Barrin°'ton  

8.00 
6.00 
3.00 
8.00 
8.00 
1.50 

16.00 
12.00 
8.00 
15.00 
12.00 
7.00 
10.00 

1.00 
2.00 
1.00 

"50 
.19 

3.00 
2.50 
5.00 
.25 
1,00 
4.00 
.50 

-.50 

"34 
'!50 

i.'oo 

Bristol  
Warren  ... 
East  Greenwich  
Warwick  
Jamestown  

'!46 
"20 

.75 
.75 
.20 
1.00 
.25 
.60 

Little  Compton  
Middletown  

Newport  

1.00 
1.00 
.25 

2  00 
2.00 
2.00 

.04 

08 

New  Shorcham  
Portsmouth  .    .        .        . 

4^66 

16  66 

.'75 

i  66 

.02 

.06 
.04 
.06 
.07 
.10 
.08 
.10 
.10 
'.10 
.08 

"50 
.50 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.75 
.75 
.75 
1.50 

.40 

1.00 
2.00 
1.00 
1.50 
2.00 
1.25 
1.00 
1.00 
1  .  75 

Tiverton  

5.00 

8.00 

.50 

4.00 

-62 

.86 

.03 
.07 
.07 
.06 
.05 
.01 
.04 
.05 

Cranston  

East  Providence  

10.00 

12.00 
5.00 

1.50 

2.00 
3.00 

.35 

.75 
.25 
.50 

2!66 
1.00 

Providence  City  

Charlestown  

2.66 

10.00 

.50 

5.00 

North  Kingstown  
South  Kingstown  

8.00 
2.00 
2.00 

10.00 
10.00 
15.00 

1.00 
.50 
.50 

2.00 
2.00 
2.00  i 

i!66 

1.00 

Westerly.  .  . 

RECAPITULATION. 


RANGE  OF  PRICES  IN  EACH  COUNTY. 


1  '                        ' 

Fish  for 

Fish  for    i 

COUNTIES  AND  STATE. 

Salt  Hay, 

Sea  Drift. 

Manure. 

Food,      j 

Shell   Fish. 

•       Ton. 

Cord 

Barrel. 

Pound,     j 

Bushel. 

From 

To 

From 

To 

From 

To 

From 

To 

From 

To 

Dolls. 

Dolls. 

'Dolls. 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

Cts. 

Dolls 

Dolls 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  ....  t  .  . 

3.00 

16.00    1.00 

5.00      .40 

.75 

.02 

.10; 

.50 

1.00 

KENT  COUNTY  

8.00 

15.00       .25 

1.00       .20 

1.00 

03 

10 

34 

1  00 

NEWPORT  COUNTY  

1.50 

10.00 

.19 

4.00    I  .20 

1.00 

01 

10 

40 

'?  00 

TOWNS  PROVIDENCE  Co 

10.00 

12.00 

1.50 

2.00    !  .35 

.75 

.07 

.10 

1.00 

1.50 

PROVIDENCE  CITY       . 

5.00 

3.00    !.* 

.25 

.06 

08l 

1.00 

2  00 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY.. 

2.00 

15.00! 

.50 

5.00      .60 

2.00 

.01 

3 

.75 

1.75 

WHOLE  STATE.  . 

1.50 

16.00       .19 

5.00  ll  .20 

2.00 

.01 

.10! 

.34 

2.00 

70  FISHERIES  AND  SHORE  STATISTICS. 

An  attempt  was  made,  by  the  "  Rhode  Island  Society  for  the 
Encouragement  of  Domestic  Industry"  to  obtain  the  statistics  of  the 
Fisheries  of  the  State  in  connection  with  the  United  States  Census 
of  1860.  Though  incomplete,  as  was  expected,  sufficient  was  obtained 
to  show  that  the  fisheries  furnish  no  inconsiderable  portion  of  the 
resources  of  the  State.  In  connection  with  the  census  of  1865, 
another  attempt  was  made  to  obtain  these  statistics,  the  result  of 
which  is  given  in  the  preceding  pages.  The  amounts  are  much 
greater  than  those  obtained  by  the  census  of  1860 ;  but  are  still  less 
than  the  truth. 

In  the  report  presented  to  the  General  Assembly,  (January  Ses- 
sion, 1861,)  it  is  said: 

"While  the  continental  shore  line  of  Rhode  Island  is  only  45  miles, 
it  has  320  miles  of  shore  waslied  by  the  ebbing  and  flowing  tides. 
Five  out  of  the  thirty-two  (now  thirty-three,)  towns  that  compose 
.the  State,  are  situated  on  islands.  The  bays  embraced  within  the 
State  abound  with  fish,  many  kinds  of  which  are  fitted  for  food,  while 
others  are  only  used  for  the  manufacture,  of  fish  oil  and  for  manures. 
The  shores  and  shoals  of  these  bays  and  of  the  extensive  salt  ponds 
near  the  southern  coast,  abound  with  shell-fish.  Besides  this,  every 
ebbing  tide  leaves,  on  almost  every  portion  of  these  shores,  a  rich 
and  valuable  deposit  of  sea-weed  and  drift." 

The  importance  of  these  statistics  is  obvious. 

The  total  value  of  the  products  of  the  fisheries  and  shore  statistics, 
as  returned  by  the  census  of  1865,  was  8422,412. 


PART    IV. 


MANUFACTURES. 


CENSUS  OF  RHODE  ISLAND, 

JUNE  1,1865. 


72 


MANUFACTURES. 


MANUFACTURES. 

i 

In  obtaining  tne  statistics  of  Manufactures  for  the  State  census, 
assurances  were  given  that  nothing  should  be  published  which  would 
show  the  private  business  of  any  individual  or  company.  But  after 
arranging  the  tables  by  counties,  it  was  found  that  they  included 
more  than  one  hundred  single  manufactures,  the  particulars  of  which 
would  thus  be  shown. 

To  avoid  this,  it  has  been  necessary  to  abandon  the  tabular  form 
for  the  statistics,  and  to  make  various  combinations,  which  will  be 
explained  hereafter. 

The  following  shows  the  particulars  of  the  various  Manufactures 
in  the  whole  State,  for  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865,  as  obtained  by 
the  census. 

The  number  and  amounts  of  the  articles  manufactured  are  not 
always  stated  in  the  returns,  and  it  should  be  remembered  that,  in 
many  cases,  the  "value  of  the  manufactures"  includes  many  items 
which  are  ndl  named  among  the  articles  manufactured. 

AGRICULTURAL  IMPLEMENTS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 6 

Capital  Stock $8,500 

Value  of  Raw  Materials.    $7,160 

Plows  and  Cultivators  made 565 

Horse  Rakes  made 200 

Hand  Rakes  made 3,000 

Snaths  made 1,000 

Yalue  of  all  Manufacturers $13,200 

Hands  employed,  males 15 

ALE  AND  LAGER  BEER. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 3 

Capital  Stock $22,200 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $35,300 

Ale  and  Lager  Beer  made,  barrele 4,250 

Value  of  all  Manufactures $68,700 

Hands  employed,  males 12 


MANUFACTURES.  73 
AETIFICIAL    TEETH. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 23 

•Capital  Stock ' .- $21,500 

Value  of  Haw  Materials $21,800 

Sets  of  Artificial  Teeth  manufactured 2,310 

Value  of  Manufactures/ * S81.COO 

Hands  employed,  males 41 

BASKETS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers *             8 

Value  of  Raw  Material $12 

Baskets  made..! 2,660 

Value  of  Manufactures $928 

Hands  employed,  males 8 


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BLACKSMITHING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 100 

Capital  Stock $53,715 

Coal  used,  tons 535 

Iron  used,  tons         6,743 

Steel  used,  Ibs 7,517 

Value  of  Raw  Material $96,900 

Value  of  Manufactures $212,220 

Hands  employed,  males .  .  213 

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BLANK  BOOKS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers -2 

Capital  Stock ' $12,500 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $22,000 

Value  of  Manufactures . ...... $35,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  19  ;  females,  12  ;  total 31 

BOBBINS  AND  SPOOLS. 

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Number  of  Manufacturers 10 

Capital  Stock , ' .  .    $62,800 

Value  of  Raw  Material $40,950 

Bobbins  and  Spools  made,  gross 433,161 

Value  of  Manufactures? $106,530 

Hands  employed,  males,  111 ;  females,  6  ;  total 117 

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74  MANUFACTURES. 

BOOTS  ANT)  SHOES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers -.  120 

Capital  Stock , $1 19,785- 

Leather  used,  Ibs 32,540 

Value  of  Raw  Material $210,42-2 

Boots  and  Shoe.?  made,  pairs . .  .  .* 272,423 

Value  of  Manufactures $450,404 

Hands  employed,  males,  412  ;  females,  71 ;  total 483 

BRASS   CASTINGS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers '.  6 

Capital  Stock $26,000 

Brass  used,  Ibs 15,000 

Copper  used,  Ibs . 64,247 

Tin  used,  Ibs 4,000 

Lead  used,  Ibs £ 12,OCO 

Value  of  Raw  Material .7 $46,300 

Value  of  Manufactures x    $115,900 

Hands  employed,  males 22 

BREAD,  CRACKERS,  &c. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 15. 

Capital  Stock $77,300 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $358,088 

Value  of  Manufactures $498,500 

Hands  employed,  males,  146  ;  females,  6  ;  total 152 

BRICKS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 3 

Capital  Stock $233,000 

Value  of  Raw  Material $6,000 

Bricks  made ' ..12,100,000 

Value  of  Manufactures .' $120,500 

Hands  employed,  males 205 

BRUSHES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers '.  3 

Capital  Stock .' $10,800 

Bristles  used,  Ibs 6,750 

Value  of  Raw  Material $6,700 

Brushes  made .»    14,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $16,700 

Hands  employed,  males.  7  ;  females,  7  ;  total ....  14 


MANUFACTURES.  75 

•  FANCY  GOODS,  BOOK  CLASPS,  &c. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $7,000 

Brass  used,  Ibs 6,000 

Gold  and  Silver $2,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $19,400 

Book  Clasps  made ". 126,600 

Value  of  Manufactures $36,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  17  ;  females,  14 ;  total ....  31 

CABINET  WARE  AND  UPHOLSTERY. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 14 

Capital  Stock $88,000 

Value  of  Raw  Material $83,670 

Value  of  Manufactures $238,970 

Hands  employed,  males,  161  ;  females,  19  ;  total 180 

CANDLES  AND  SOAP. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 13 

Capital  Stock $188,700 

Tallow  used,  Ibs . "... 752,500 

Potash  used,  Ibs 81 ,600 

Resin  used,  Ibs 117.500 

Caustic  Soda  used,  Ibs 22,000 

Value  of  Raw  Material $216,550 

Hard  Soap  made,  boxes 90,924 

Soft  Soap  made,  bbls 2,358 

Candles  made,  Ibs 106,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $527,770 

Hands  employed,  males,  78  ;  females,  4  ;  total 82 

CARRIAGES  AND  WAGONS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 56 

Capital  Stock $103,400 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $83,100 

Value  of  Manufactures. $208,319 

Hands  employed,  males ,. 211 

,  CARPENTRY. 

Number  of  Manufacturers i 5.9 

Capital  Stock $126,900 

Lumber  used,  ft 6,002,000 

Shingles  used .-...' 3,030,000 


76  MANT/frACTURES. 

Value  of  Raw  Materials T $473,650 

Buildings  erected ....    148 

Value  of  Manufactures .  - $939,550 

Hands  employed,  males 534 

CIGARS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 29 

Capital  Stock $52,350 

Tobacco  used,  Ibs 1 89,595 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $90,597 

Cigars  made 8,844,970 

Value  of  Manufactures $208,870 

Hands  employed,  males,  85  ;  females,  94  ;  total ...  179 

COFFINS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 14 

Capital  Stock $20,200 

Lumber  used,  ft 28,750 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $43,338 

Coffins  made 2,705 

Value  of  Manufactures „ $68.233 

Hands  employed,  males 26 

CLOTHING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 51 

Capital  Stock $178,315 

Cloth  used,  yds 191,856 

Value  of  Raw  Material $470,158 

Coat?  made 14,314 

Pants  made,  prs 37,094 

Vests  made 35,533 

Shirts  made 6,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $810,357 

Hands  employed,  males,  197  ;  females,  469  ;  total 666 

CONFECTIONERY,  ICE  CREAM,-  &c. 

Number  of  Manufacturers.    6 

Capital  Stock $7,300 

Sugar  used,  Ibs t 113,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $28,080 

Candy  made,  Ibs 118,000 

Value  of  Manufactures   ; $41,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  18  ;  females,  6  ;  total 24 


MANUFACTURES.  77 
COFFEE  AND  SPICES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers - 3 

Capital  Stock ' $22,500" 

Value  of  Raw  Materials .' $65,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $95,000 

Hands  employed,  malee,  17  ;  females,  1  ;  total 18 

COPPERSMITHING  AND  J»LUMBING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 7 

Capital  Stock $46,300 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $87,300 

Value  of  Manufactures $123,600 

Hands  employed,  males 59 

COFFIN  TRIMMINGS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers •  2 

Capital  Stock $3,000 

Brass  used,  tons.    .  .  12 

Silver  used,  oz 15-4 

Acid  used,  carboys     82 

Iron  tacks,  used,  Ibs 2,400 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $15,010 

Trimmings  made,  gross 23,200 

Value  of  Manufactures $23,775 

Hands  employed,  males,  12  ;  females,  8  ;  total.  », 20 

COOPERAGE. 

Number  of  Manufacturers ' 6 

Capital  Stock ... , $34,600 

Hoops  used 315,000 

Staves  used 644,189 

Heads  used 99,106 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $30,000 

Barrels  and  Casks  made  , 64,350 

Nail  Kegs  made   49,553 

Pails  and  Buckets  made 1 ,300 

Value  of  Manufactures $63,315 

Hands  ^employed,  males 37 

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EDGE  TOOLS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 5 

Capital  Stock $66,400 

Iron  used,  tons » 119 

Steel  used,  tons 52 


78  MANUFACTURES. 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $77,650 

Scythes  made 118,000 

•  Sabres  made 13,500 

Corn  Knives  made 8,400 

Axes  made 200 

Value  of  Manufactures $222,200 

Hands  employed,  males 99 

*  CHARCOAL. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 47 

Charcoal  made,  bushels 580,800 

Value  of  Manufactures $48,680 

Hands  employed,  males 115 

BLOCKS,  PUMPS  AND  SHIP  FITTINGS. 

• 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $2,500 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $3,450 

Value  of  Manufactures   .' .    ...  $21,500 

Hands  employed,  males 15 

COTTON,  WOOL  AND  FLAX  MACHINERY. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 18 

Capital  Stock $543,300 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $439,755 

Value  of  Manufactures $1,183,000 

Hands  employed,  males 1,124 

COTTON  CLOTH. 

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Number  of  Manufacturers 74 

Capital  Stock $9,884,000 

Spindles  used 735,274 

Looms  used 1 6,535 

Raw  Cotton,  used,  Ibs 22,232,626 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $15,347,839 

Cotton  Cloth  made,  yds 104,865,978 

Value  of  Manufactures $24,723,988 

Hands  employed,  males,  4,956;  females,  6,870.;  total f  11, 826 

COTTON  WICKING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 3 

Capital  Stock $41,000 

Spindles  used.  . . f 2,140 


MANUFACTURES.  79 

Cotton  Waste  used,  Ibs 204,600 

Value  of  Raw  Material $72,000 

Wicking  made,  Ibs ; 188,880 

Value  of  Manufactures $114,300 

Hands  employed,  males,  16  ;  females,  22  ;  total 38 

COTTON  YARN,  TWINE,  THREAD,  &c. 

Number  of  Manufacturers , 45 

Capital  Stock $1,645,800 

Spindles  used 89,481 

Cotton  used,  Ibs 4,886,200 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $4,035,820 

Yarn  and  Twine  made,  Ibs 2,725,950 

Spools  of  Cotton  Thread  made,  doz „ .1,565,000 

Cotton  warps  made,  yds 3,875,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $5,598,219 

Hands  employed,  males  630  ;  females  874  ;  total 1,504 

CALICO  PRINTING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 6 

Capital  Stock $3,230,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials te $19,272;973 

Cotton  Cloth  Printed,  yds 95,814,863 

Value  of  Manufactures $23,551,216 

Hands  employed,  males,  1,617  ;  females,  259  ;  total 1,876 

DRESSES  AND  CLOAKS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 48 

Capital  Stock $10,250 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $141,900 

Dresses  made • 8,780 

Cloaks  and  Mantillas  made 4,000 

Value  of  Manufactures, $196,200 

Hands  employed,  females 181 

DRUGS  AND  CHEMICALS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 4 

Capital  Stock.  .  .    $139,500 

Value  of  Raw  Materials ; <!  .  .  .  $180,900 

Value  of  Manufactures , $357,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  126 ;  females,  10  ;  total 136 


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Capital  Stack $215,000 

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82  MANUFACTURES. 

HARNESSES,  TRUNKS  AND  VALISES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 36 

Capital  Stock „ ; $58,950 

Value  of  Raw  Materials '. $94,010 

Harnesses  made 1,187 

Valises  and  Travellings  Bags  made 32,400 

Trunks  made : 2,600 

Value  of  Manufactures $222,336 

Hands  employed,  males,  111 ;  females,  103  ;  total 214 

HAIR  CLOTH. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 3 

Capital  Stock .-    8185,000 

Looms  used * , 585 

Hair  used,  Ibs 34,334 

Cotton  warp  used,. Ibs 4,581 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $429,118 

Hair  Cloth  made,  yds 1,271,500 

Value  of  Manufactures     81,091,666 

Hands  employed* males,  74 ;  females,  123  ;  total 197 

HATS  AND  CAPS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers .4 

Capital  Stock $5,350 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $14,700 

• 

Hats  and  Caps  made 6,000 

Value  of  Manufactures .  .  . : $25,742 

Hands  employed,  males,  10 ;  females,  6  ;  total. 16 

HORSE  SHOES,  HORSE  SHOE  AND  CUT  NAILS,  CHAIN  CABLE,  &c. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 8 

Capital  Stock $801,450 

Iron  used,  tons 1 1 ,960 

Coal  used,  tons - 18,159 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $761,750 

Horse  Shoes,  made 3,026,000 

Horse  Shoe  Nails  made,  Ibs 407,100 

Cut  Nails  made,  casks 80,000 

Refined  Iron  made,  tons   5,000 

Chain  Cable  made,  tons 1,000 

W|re  Rod  made,  tons 1,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $952,700 

Hands  employed,  males 488 


MANUFACTURES.  83 

HOOP  SKIRTS  AND'  CORSETS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers ., 5 

Capital  Stock $18,300 

Steel  used,  Ibs 1,100 

Cotton  Tape  and  Lacing,-  Ibs 550 

Value  of  Raw  Materials  . .' ' $27,500 

Hoop  Skirts  made 39,750 

Corsets  made ,  .  600 

Value  of  Manufactures $41,800 

Hands  employed,  males,  2  ;  females,  79 ;  total 81 

IRON  CASTINGS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 12 

Capital  Stock $606,000 

Iron  used,  tons         7,780 

Coal  used,  tons 3,959     " 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $536,360 

Castings  made,  tons 710 

Stoves  made . . .  .' '. 5,270 

Sinks  made 4,000 

Butt  Hinges  made,  doz 277,598 

Assortments  of  Hardware  made,  doz 60 

Value  of  Manufactures $830,600 

Hands  employed,  males,  655  ;  females,  9  ;  total.      . 664 

JEWELRY  AND  JEWELERS'  FINDINGS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 45 

Capital  Stock $261,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $576,922 

Value  of  Manufactures $1,200.025 

Hands  employed,  males,  606  ;  females,  118  ;  total 724 

JEWELERS'  TOOLS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 5 

Capital  Stock  .  .  .' $1,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $1,200 

Value  of  Manufactures $5,000 

Hands  employed,  males 5 

LEATHER. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 9 

Capital  Stock $85,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $244,405 


84  MANUFACTURES. 

Sheep  Skins , 64,400 

Leather,  sides > 29,650 

CulfSkins 5,100 

Value  of  Manufactures * ...  $409,000 

Hands  employed,  males 85 

LOOM  PICKERS  AND  BELTING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 4 

Capital  Stock $129,813 

Leather  used,  Ibs •  131,000 

Hides  used 10,000 

Rivets  and  Wire  used,  Ibs 10,183 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $265,400 

Loom  Pickers  made,  doz 21,949 

Leather  Belting  made,  ft 263,182 

Lacing  Leather  made,  doz .  .  250 

Value  of  Manufactures $354,130 

Hands  employed,  males 74 

LUMBER. 

• 

Number  of  Manufacturers 47 

Capital  Stock , $58,725 

Wood  used,  cords 2,018 

Value  of  Raw  Materials ' $14,614 

Boards  made,  ft 4,912:742 

Staves  manufactured 2,269,000 

Shingles  made 2,636,000 

Value  of  Manufactures .    $92,442 

Hands  employed,  males. . .' 87 

LIME  AND  CASKS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 3 

Capital  Stock .  $42,000 

Lime  Rock  used,  tons 10,944 

Wood  used,  cords 4,237 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $56,011 

Lime  made,  casks 29,487 

Casks  made f 21,000 

Value  of  Manufactures. $74,133 

Hands  employed,  males 44 

LUMBER  PLANING  AND  BOX  MAKING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers  . 13 

Capital  Stock    $176,500 


MANUFACTURES.  85 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $160,300 

Lumber  planed,  ft 1,050,000 

Boxes  made .    .  .        197,500 

Value  of  Manufactures. $200,000 

Hands  employed,  males 93 

MARBLE. 

Number  of  Manufacturers ? 14 

Capital  Stock $82,650 

Value  of  Raw  Material $72,583 

Grave  Stones  and  Monuments  made 5,3,16 

Furniture  Tops  and  Mantels  made 1,075 

Value  of  Manufactures $168,206 

Hands  employed,  males 153 

MACHINERY. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 22 

Capital  Stock $842,000 

Iron  used,  tons .' 7,624 

Steel  used,  tons .....* ' 26 

Rivets  used,  Ibs 20,000 

Castings  used,  tons 864 

Brass  used,  Ibs 14,000 

Coal  used,  tons 3,600 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $604,300 

Marine  Engines  made 14 

Stationary  and  Portable  Engines  made ,  ...;..,  104 

Fire  Engines  made , 3 

Printing  Presses  made .  . . 346 

Screw  Machines  made 105 

Sewing  Machines  made 10,000 

Steam  Boilers  made 157 

Value  of  Manufactures $1,962,800 

Hands  employed,  males .- 1,612 

MILLINERY. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 26 

Capital  Stock ' $23,250 

Value  of  Raw  Materials '. : $25,200 

Bonnets  made 13,650 

Value  of  Manufactures '.  .  $57,400 

Hands  employed,  females 59 


6  MANUFACTURES. 

MATTRESSES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $3,600 

Ticking  used,  yds • 2,500 

Palm  Leaf  used,  tons ,  30 

Husks  and  Straw  used,  tons .    .  13 

Excelsior  used,  tons 3 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $6,000 

Mattresses  made 1,500 

Value  of  Manufactures $11 ,400 

Hands  employed,  male?,  3  ;  females,  7  ;  total . . 10 

NEWSPAPER,  BOOK  AND  JOB  PRINTING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 10 

Capital  Stock $213,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $186,000 

Newspapers  printed , 5,410,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $421 ,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  163  ;  females,  10  ;  total 173 

PAPER  BOXES,  CARDS  AND  ENVELOPES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers f 3 

Capital  Stock $11, SCO 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $38,525 

Boxes  made .v 467,711 

Cards  cut 1,570,790 

Envelopes  made 500,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $71,068 

Hands  employed,  males,  25  ;  females,  72  ;  total 97 

OILS— WHALE  AND  SPERM,  PETROLEUM,  LUBRICATING  AND 
VEGETABLE. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 5 

Capital  Stock $186,500 

Crude  Sperm  Oil  used,  gals. 21,194 

Crude  Petroleum  used,  gals ; 49,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $132,000 

Sperm  Oil  made,  gals 20,000 

Spermaceti  made,  Ibs 20,000 

Oil  Soap  made,  Ibs 35,000 

Lubricating  Oils  made,  bbls 1,350 

Value  of  Manufactures $182,000 

Hands  employed,  males. ••. 47 

One  company  in  Providence  refused  all  information. 


MANUFACTURES.  87 
PLANES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock ...  $200 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $400 

Planes  made '. 200 

Value  of  Manufactures. $2,000 

Hands  employed,  males 2 

• 

PATTERNS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 3 

Capital  Stock $900 

Value  of  Raw  Material $1,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $7,500 

Hands  employed,  males 7 

PAPER  COP  TUBES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $300 

Paper  used,  Ibs 25,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $2.450 

Cop  Tubes  made,  Ibs 22,500 

Value  of  Manufactures $8,622 

Hands  employed,  males,  2  ;  females,  11  ;  total 13 

PATENT  MEDICINES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers ...    ......          7 

Capital  Stock $75,<800 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $150,800 

Value  of  Manufactures $304,600 

Hands  employed,  males,  14  ;  females,  17  ;  total ....  31 

PHOTOGRAPHS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers .' 20 

Capital  Stock $38,900 

Value  of  Raw  Materials   ....    $51,300 

Photographs  taken  . , 16,800 

Ambrotypes  and  Tintypes  taken 57,500 

Cartes  de  Visite  taken 222,500 

Value  of  Manufactures $119,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  44  ;  females,  29  ;  total ....  73 


88  MANUFACTURES. 

•       PICTURE  FRAMES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 4 

Capital  Stock $10,300 

Moulding  used,  ft 30,900 

Glass  used,  boxes .' .  .  . 220 

Gold  Leaf  used,  packs .' 175 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $6,850 

.Picture  Frames  made f  .  -. .  4.600 

Value  of  Manufactures $16,500 

Hands  employed,  males 15 

PYROLIGNEOUS  ACID. 

Number  of  Manufacturers : .    .  2 

Capital  Stock $8,100 

Wood  used,  cords 1,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials s4,800 

Acid  made,  gals 95,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $20,140 

Hands  employed,  males 8 

PEARL  WORKS  AND  SHELL  COMBS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock, $8,500 

Pearl  Shells  used,  Ibs 12,000 

Tortoise  Shells  used,  Ibs 500 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $7,500 

Buttons  made,  gross 7,000 

Articles  for  Jewelry,  gross _  50 

Handles  for  Table  and  Pocket  Cutlery,  gross 150 

Value  of  Manufactures $23,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  20  ;  females,  5  ;  total.  . .  .  I    .    .• 25 

ROPES  AND  LINES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 4 

Capital  Stock $11,200 

'Hemp  used,  tons 12 

Linen  and  Flax  used,  Ibs • 400 

Linen  Yarn  used,  Ibs 1,750 

Cotton  used,  Ibs 500 

Cotton  Yarn  used,  Ibs .* 13,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials '....'  $20,500 

Cotton  Rope  made,  Ibs .' 260 

Hemp  Rope  made,  tons 11 


MANUFACTURES.  89 

Cotton  Lines  made,  doz 13,500 

Linen  Lines  made,  doz 662 

Flax  Picking  made,  Ibs 184 

Value  of  Manufactures " !  . .  $30,300 

Hands  employed,  males,  15  ;  females,  2  ;  total 17 

RUBBEK  GOODS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $175,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials '.  .  .  $750,000 

Value  of  Manufactures     $944,832 

Hands  employed,  males,  134  ;  females,  147  ;  total 281 

SPIEAL  SPRINGS,  HARDWARE,  &c. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 4 

Capital  Stock $254,000 

Iron  used,  tons 2,300 

Iron*"Wire  used,  tons 340 

Steel  used,  tons 10 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $383,500 

Value  of  Manufactures $654,672 

Hands  employed,  males 271 

SHIPS,  YACHTS  AND  BOATS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 24 

Capital  Stock $93,400 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $102,270 

Ships  built 3 

Boats  built 258 

Value  of  Manufactures $230,760 

Hands  employed,  males 142 

SASHES,  BLINDS  AND  DOORS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 12 

Capital  Stock $69,700 

Lumber  used,  ft .    .  > ........  785,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $48,140 

Sashes,  Blinds  and  Doors  made , 8,130 

Value  of  Manufactures $115,500 

Hands  employed,  males ,  , . . , 78 

12 


90  MANUFACTURES. 

SUGAR  REFINING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $175,000 

Molasses  used,  gals . .      .  .    175,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $1,417,000 

Sugar  made,  Ibs '     4,984000 

Syrup  and  Molasses  made,  bbls 13,718 

Value  of  Manufactures $1,550,000 

Hands  employed,  males 115 

SAIL  MAKING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers '     3 

Capital  Stock $1,100 

Value  of  Raw  Materials .- .  .  .  $4,100 

Awnings  made 150 

Canvas  Bags  made 200 

Value  of  Manufactures $10,150 

Hands  employed,  males . 8 

- 

SHORT  AND  KINDLING  WOOD. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 10 

Capital  Stock   $2,800 

Wood  used,  cords 2,850 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $22,700 

Short  and  Kindling  Wood  made,  cords   2,850 

Value  of  Manufactures $29,350 

Hands  employed,  males 23 

SILVER  WARE. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 8 

Capital  Stock $348,000 

Silver  used,  oz 176,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $390,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $725,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  296 ;  females,  8  ;  total . .          ....  304 

SATINETS,  FLANNELS  AND  KENTUCKY  JEANS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers ........  32 

Capital  Stock • $1,373,000 

Wool  used,  Ibs . .  2,967,613 

Shoddy  used,  Ibs 30,000 

Cotton  used,  Ibs 1,421,813 


MANUFACTURES.  91 

Value  of  Eaw  Materials $3,632,170 

Machinery  used,  sets 130 

Looms  used 1 ,430 

Satinets  made,  yds 4,173,841 

Linseys  made,  yds 1,900, COO 

Flannels  made,  yds 1,954,110 

Kentucky  Jeans  made,  yds 1 ,385,205 

Cassimeres  made,  yds   375,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $6,048,210 

Hands  employed,  males,  1,011 ;  females,  862  ;  total 1,873 

STUCCO  WORK. 

Number  of  Manufacturers r .  2 

Capital  Stock $1,500 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $1,162 

Value  of  Manufactures $12,100 

Hands  employed,  males 5 

-SHOE  AND  CORSET  LACINGS,  BRAIDS,  HOOP  SKIRT  TAPE,  &c. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 6 

Capital  Stock $371 ,700 

Looms  used 13 

Spindles  used 12,800 

Braiders : 601 

Twisters 3 

Cotton  used,  Ibs ." \. .  .        .    659,700 

Brass  used,  Ibs 50,000 

Coal  used,  tons 2,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $443,650 

Shoe  and  Corset  Lacings,  made,  gross 800,000 

Braid  made,  balls  of,  doz 200,000 

Lamp  Wicldng  made,  gross 150,000 

Tape  made,  yds 2,380,400 

Hoop  Skirt  Braid  made,  Ibs 83,200 

Value  of  Manufactures $787,600 

Hands  employed,  males,  161  ;  females,  315  ;  total ...  476 

SHODDY. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 4 

Capital  Stock $4,300 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $21,060 

Shoddy  made,  Ibs   . .      134,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $33,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  11  ;  females,  3  ;  total 14 


92  MANUFACTURES. 

STRAW  GOODS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $4,000 

Straw  Braid  used,  yds 280,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $4,200 

Straw  Hats  made   * .  .    14,000 

Value  of  Manufactures . . , 68,500 

Hands  employed,  males,  8  ;  females,  40  ;  total 48 

TIN  AND  SHEET  IRON  WARE. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 46 

Capital  Stock. '. $102,650 

Tin  used,  boxes • 1,600 

Sheet  Iron  used,  tons 58 

Copper  used,  Ibs 1,850 

Zinc  used,  Ibs 3,000 

Wire  used,  Ibs 2,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials T-. $82,752 

Value  of  Manufactures . $179,854 

Hands  employed,  males 135 

TOP  ROLL  COVERING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 3 

Capital  Stock 81,600 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $4,500 

Value  of  Manufactures -. $9,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  4  ;  females,  1 ;  total ...  5 

TOYS  AND  TOBACCO  PIPES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 4 

Capital  Stock $32,400 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $12,800 

Toys  made,  gross 4,000 

Toys  made,  sets 1 ,200 

Block  Alphabets  made,  sets 300 

Tobacco  Pipes  made,  gross 12 

Value  of  Manufactures $38,000 

Hands  employed,  males,  16  ;  females,  44 ;  total. 60 

WILLOW  WARE. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $3,100 


MANUFACTURES.  93 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $2,500 

Value  of  Manufactures $4,700 

Hands  employed,  males 8 

WOOD  TURNING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 4 

Capital  Stock $5,700 

Value  of  Manufactures ' $11,500 

Hands  employed,  males 19 

WOOD  SCREWS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock , $1,-370,000 

Coal  used,  tons. 3,107 

Iron  used,  tons ... 3,677 

Brass  Wire  used,  tons 74 

Sulphuric  Acid  used,  carboys , 1,234 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $834,782 

Wood  Screws  made,  gross 3,652,748 

Value  of  Manufactures $1,460,870 

Hands  employed,  males,  302  ;  females,  289  ;  total 591 

WORSTED  BRAID  AND  LACINGS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 5 

Capital  Stock *. $141,000 

Spindles  used.        . 2,433 

Braiders  used 290 

Woolen  Yarn  used,  Ibs 156,800 

Cotton  used,  Ibs 40,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $154,880 

Braid  and  Lacings  made,  yds 9,747,000 

Value  of  Manufactures    $232,955 

Hands  employed,  males,  41 ;  females,  125  ;  total 176 

WOOLEN  GOODS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 32 

Capital  Stock $3,415,000 

Machinery  used,  sets 230 

Looms  used 1 ,302 

Wool  used,  Ibs 8,944,415 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $6,068,177 

Balmoral  Skirts  made : 30,000 

Blankets  made 159,143 


94  MANUFACTURES. 

Cassimeres  made,  yds 4,310,070 

Doeskins  made,  yds 270,000 

Flannels  made,  yds '. 257,191 

Shawls  made 43,359 

Woolen  Hoods  made,  doz • 15,000 

Ho>iery  made,  prs.,  doz 10,000 

Value  of  Manufactures $13,127,086 

Hands  employed,  males,  2,201 ;  females,  1,533  ;  total 3,734 

WOOLEN  YARN. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 7 

Capital  Stock $297.000 

Wool  used,  Ibs • 1 ,244,400 

Spindles  used 4,000 

Looms  used 24 

Braiders  and  Circular  Machines  used . . .  . ,    289 

Machinery  used,  sets 21 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $912,280 

Yarn  made,  Ibs 1.047,600 

Value  of  Manufactures $1,728,700 

Hands  employed,  males,  253  ;  females,  541 ;  total 794 

WOOL  CARDING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers. . '.    3 

Capital  Stock .  .  .  .' $2,800 

Wool  carded,  Ibs 7,100 

Value  of  Manufactures $2,200 

Hands  employed,  males ' 4 

WADDING  AND  BATTING. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $112,000 

Cotton  used,  Ibs 976,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $146,400 

Value  of  Manufactures ,...$220,800 

Hands  employed,  males,  43  ;  females,  9 ;  total 52 

WEAVERS'  HARNESSES  AND  REEDS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 5 

Capital  Stock $49,000 

Value  of  Raw  Material . . . : $36,750 

Harnesses  made,  sets 16,780 


MANUFACTURES.  95 

Reeds  made 7,200 

Value  of  Manufactures $79,960 

Hands  employed,  males,  30  ;  females,  38  ;  total 68 

WINE,— GEAPE. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock ' $1,800 

Value  of  Raw  Materials ..    .  $1,450 

Wine  made,  gals 2,400 

Value  of  Manufactures $4,000 

Hands  employed,  males 2 

WASHING  AND  WRINGING  MACHINES  AND  WATER  ELEVATORS. 

Number  of  Manufacturers '.  .• 2 

Capital  Stock $253,000 

Lumber  used,  feet 70,000 

Iron  used,  tons 10 

Rubber  used,  Ibs      6,560 

Value  of  Raw  Materials $18,300 

Washing  and  Wringing  Machines  made 1,644 

Water  Elevators  made 500 

Value  of  Manufactures $30,000 

Hands  employed,  males.,. 23 

WOODEN  WARE  AND  HARNESS  HAMES. 

Number  of  Manufacturers 2 

Capital  Stock $5,800 

Timber  used,  cords .....  35 

Iron  used,  tons 6 

Lead  used,  tons , 2 

Value  of  Raw  Materials. $2,690 

Hames  made,  prs 2,500 

Value  of  Manufactures $6,849 

Hands  employed,  males 8 


96  MANUFACTURES. 

In  addition  to  those  enumerated  in  the  preceding  pages,  we  have 
returns  of  the  following  nineteen  manufactures,  of  which  there  is  only 
one  of  each  kind  reported,  viz.:  "Brass  Lamp  burners,"  "Coal 
Mining,"  "  Corn  Brooms,"  "  Cotton  Waste  cleaning,"  "  Distillery," 
"Flaxen  Goods,"  "  Gold  Plating,"  "Iron  fence,"  "Iron  safes," 
"  Lead  pipe,  shot,  &c.,"  " Musical  Instruments,"  "Paper,"  "Patent 
Blankets  for  Machine  Printers,"  "  Spooling  Cotton  Thread,"  4<  Steel 
type,  stencils  and  punches,"  "  Umbrellas  and  Parasols,"  "  Vinegar," 
"  Washing  Fluid  "  and  "  \Vigs." 

The  aggregate  statistics  of  these  nineteen  manufactures  are  as  follows : 

Number  of  Manufacturers 19 

Capital  Stock $276,000 

Value  of  Raw  Materials 8305,995 

Value  of  Manufactures $758,125 

Hands  employed,  males,  204  ;  females,  61 ;    total 265 

A  few  of  the  articles  made  are  as  follows : 

Lamp  burners,  doz 10,000 

Lamps  made 2,000 

Coal  mined,  tons , 11,338 

Cotton  waste  cleaned,  Ibs 470,000 

Bags  made. 30,000 

Carpeting  made,  yds 500 

Washing  fluid  made,  gals 500 

Vinegar  made,  barrels 400 

Lead  manufactures,  tons   600 

Cotton  Thread  spooled,  spools 720,000 

The  aggregate  of  the  statistics  of  all  the  manufactures  in  the  whole 
State  for  the  year  ending  June  1,  1865,  as  obtained  by  the  Census? 
is  as  follows ; 

Whole  number  of  Manufacturers  reported 1 ,459 

Capital  Stock  invested $32,646,603 

Value  of  Raw  Materials  used $63,861,552 

Total  Value  of  Products  for  the  year $103,106,395 

Hands  employed,  males,  23,327  ;  females,  13,666  ;  total 36,993 

A  table  given  on  the  next  page  shows  the  general  statistics  of  the 
manufactures  reported  in  each  town  and  county  of  the  State. 


MANUFACTURES. 


97 


TABLE  XXXVI. — MANUFACTURES. — Showing  the  Statistics  of  Manu- 
factures in  each  town  and  city  in  Rhode  Island,  for  the  year  ending 
June  1,  1865. 


TOWNS  AND  DIVISIONS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

Number  of 
Manufacturers 
Reported. 

Capital  Stock 

Value  of 
Raw 
Materials. 

Total  Value 
of  Products. 

HANDS  EMPLOYED. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Barrington  

9 
32 

28 

§236,900 
435,200 
386,880 

$9,045 
1,748,517 
621,529 

8125,300 
2,122,694 

884,089 

190 
338 
251 

14 
199 
302 

210 
537 
553 

Bristol. 

Warren  

BRISTOL  COUNTY  .  .  . 
Coventry  

69 

28 
23 
28 
32 

1,058,9» 

1,026,410 
203,600 
152,865 
1,920,800 

2,379,091       3,132,683 

1,809,862       2,082,045 
267,792'          610,239 
268,2341         406,640 
4,554.530       6,551,128 

785 

600 
188 
139 
1,560 

515 

548 
180 
94 
1,422 

1,300 

1,148 

368 
233 
2,982 

East  Greenwich  

West  Greenwich  .... 
Warwick  

KENT  COUNTY  • 

Ill     3,303,675 

1            1,500 
11            5,200 

2:                   1,000 

81        724,700 

6,900,418     10,250,052 

2,487 

1 

20 
3 
468 

2,244  1 

4,731 

1 
20 
4 
682 

Jamestown  

Little  Compton  

2,910 
1,250 

674,950 

7,650 
2,800 
1,383,377 

Middletown  i 

1 
214 

Newport  i 

New  Shoreham  .    .  .  .  ! 

Portsmouth  ! 

19        146,750 
15          11,350 

90,700 
7,620 

264,075 
17.017 

226 
54 

226 
54 

Tiverton  

NEWPORT  COUNTY.  . 
Burrillville  

129 

47 
11 
71 
11 
14 
41 
14 
65 
26 
40 
57 

890,500 

966,600 
1,089,050 
3,078,200 
61,950 
10,450 
162,400 
330,200 
2,980,250 
1,465,390 
496,900 
3,620,300 

777,430 

2,509,317 
7,072,525 
4,312,012 
139,000 
12,950 
225,650 
568,720 
4,787,620 
2,921,016 
1,319,311 
5,296,626 

1,675,519 

5,268,855 
9,215.900 
7,449,493 
298,550 
30,000 
354,018 
842,600 
8,500,380 
3,986,760 
2,008,003 
9,954,799 

772 

881 
748 
1,793 
95 
25 
115 
213 
1,077 
538 
317 
1,949 

215 

507 
215 
1,553 
30 

'20 

282 
1,282 
497 
290 
1,778 

987 

1,448 
903 
3,346 
125 
25 
135 
495 
2,959 
1,035 
613 
3,727 

Cranston  

Cumberland  .... 

East  Providence.  .  .  . 

Glocester  

Johnston  .  .  . 

North  Providence.  .  . 
Pawtucket  

Seituate  

Smithfleld  

PROV.  Co.  TOWNS  .  . 
PROVIDENCE  CITY.. 
Charlestown  

397 
611 

8 
25 
33 
19 
9 
i        13 
5 

14.261,690 
10,761,408 

2,000 
75,950 
727,350 
327,050 
393,000 
415,000 
430,000 

29,164,747 
18,991,527 

1,500 

78,314 
1,360,232 
704,810 
1,174,000 
773,483 
1,550,000 

47,909,958 
30,628,177 

5,100 
160,460 
2,196,602 
1,251,585 
2,125,000 
1,515,259 
2,250,000 

8,351 
9,393 

11 
55 
323 
181 
328 
291 
350 

6,520 
2,879 

14,871 
12,272 

11 

86 
505 
431 
563 
546 
690 

Exeter  

31 
182 
250 
235 
255 
340 

Hopkinton  

North  Kingstown.  .  . 
South  Kingstown... 
Richmond  

Westerly  .  .  ,  
WASHINGTON  Co..  .  . 
WHOLE  STATE  

112 
1,459 

2,370,350 
32,646,603 

6.048,339 
63,861,552 

9,510,006 
103,106,395 

1,539 
23,327 

1,293 
13,666 

2,832 
36,993 

98  MANUFACTURES. 


MANUFACTURES. 


In  the  remarks  upon  the  tables,  in  the  Introduction  of  the  present 
volume,  will  be  found  some  other  statistics,  and  comparisons  relating 
to  the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  State,  including  a  table  showing 
the  number  of  steam  boilers  and  engines  in  the  State,  and  their  power. 
I  regret  that  a  more  full  statement  of  the  manufactures  of  the  Stato, 
with  more  minute  particulars  relating  to  them,  cannot  be  presented  ; 
but  for  reasons  already  given  on  page  72,  I  feel  compelled  to  omit 
them. 

The  manufacturing  interests  of  the  State  are  of  very  great  impor- 
tance, and  the  exhibit  given  of  them  in  the  preceding  pages  is  much 
more  complete  than  that  obtained  by  any  national  census  of  the 
State.  This  will  be  seen  by  a  comparison  of  a  few  aggregates  ob- 
tained by  the  United  States  Census  for  the  year  ending  June,  I860, 
with  those  obtained  by  the  present  census  for  the  year  ending  June, 
1865,  as  follows  : 

U.  S.  Census.  State  Census. 

1861.  1865. 

Number  of  manufacturers 1,191 1,459 

Capital  stock.invested $24,278,295 $32,646,603 

Value  of  raw  materials  used. . $19,858,515 $63,861,552 

Value  of  products  for  the  year $40,711,298 $103,106,395 

Hands  employed 32,490 36,993 


APPENDIX. 


CENSUS   OF  RHODE  ISLAND 


JUNE   1,   1865. 


100  CENSUS    ACTS,        65. 


The  following  arc  the  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly,  under  which  the 
census  of  1865  was  taken  : 

AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  YOU  TAKING  A  DECENNIAL  CENSUS  OF  THE 
INHABITANTS  AND  VOTERS  OF  THE  STATE. 

(Passed  March  17,  1805.) 

It  is  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  as  follows : 

SECTION  1.  There  shall  be  taken  in  the  several  cities  and  towns  in  the  year 
1805,  and  every  tenth  year  thereafter,  a  census  of  the  inhabitants  and  voters, 
as  they  were  on  the  first  day  of  May  of  the  same  year,  distinguishing  in  the 
enumeration  of  the  inhabitants,  the  males  and  females,  the  color  of  each,  the 
ages  within  decennial  periods,  the  natives,  the  foreigners,  naturalized  voters, 
and  the  country  in  which  the  foreigners  were  born  ;  and  in  the  enumeration  of 
the  voters  of  cities,  the  number  in  each  ward. 

SEC.  2.  The  census  shall  be  taken  in  cities  by  agents  appointed  by  the 
board  of  aldermen,  and  in  towns  by  the  assessors.  Such  agents'  and  assessors 
shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  their  duties,  and  shall  make  out  a 
return  of  the  result  of  said  census  and  shall  sign  and  make  oath  to  the  truth 
thereof.  The  board  of  aldermen  and  assessors  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day 
of  July  of  the  same  year,  deposit  the  returns  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
State. 

SEC.  3.  The  Secretary  of  State  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  May  of 
each  year  in  which  the  census  is  to  be  taken,  transmit  to  the  clerks  of  the 
several  cities  and  towns,  printed  forms  for  the  returns  required  by  this  act.  and 
shall  annex  thereto  a  notice  that  the  returns  must  be  made  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  July. 

SEC.  4.  If  an  agent  or  assessor  wilfully  neglects  or  refuses  to  perform  any 
duty  required  of  him  by  this  act,  he  shall  forfeit  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  if  he  is  guilty  of  deceit  or  falsehood  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duty,  he  shall  forfeit  a  sum  not  exceeding  two  thousand  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned 
not  exceeding  one  year. 


AN  ACT  IN  AMENDMENT  OF  AND  IN  ADDITION  TO  AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE 
FOR  TAKING  A  DECENNIAL  CENSUS  OF  THE  INHABITANTS  AND  VOTERS 
OF  THE  STATE,  PASSED  AT  THE  JANUARY  SESSION,  1865. 

(Passed  June  10,  1865.) 

It  is  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.     The  time  for  which  the  census  shall  be  taken  shall  be  the  first 
day  of  June,  1865,  and  every  tenth  year  thereafter,  and  the  returns  shall  be 


CENSUS   ACTS,    1865.  101 

made  to  the  Secretary  of  State  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  August  of  each 
year  in  which  the  census  shall  be  taken. 

SEC.  2.  After  the  present  year,  the  census  shall  be  taken  by  agents 
appointed  in  each  town  by  the  town  council,  and  in  each  city  by  the  board  of 
aldermen. 

SEC.  3.  In  addition  to  the  census  of  the  inhabitants,  the  statistics  of  the 
manufactures,  business,  and  agriculture  of  the  State  for  the  year  ending  the  first 
day  of  June,  1865,  and  every  tenth  year  thereafter,  shall  be  taken  in  the 
several  cities  and  towns  of  the  State. 

SEC.  4.  The  Secretary  of  State  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June,  in 
each  year  in  which  the  census  is  to  be  taken,  transmit  to  the  clerks  of  the 
several  cities  and  towns,  printed  blanks  for  the  returns  of  the  statistics  of  manu- 
factures, business  a'nd  agriculture,  and  providing  for  such  information  relating 
to  them  as  he,  acting  with  the  advice  of  the  Governor,  shall  think  necessary 
to  be  obtained. 

SEC.  5.  The  Governor,  with  the  Secretary  of  State,  are  hereby  authorized 
to  fix  the  amount  of  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  agents  and  other  persons 
employed  in  taking  the  census. 

SEC.  6.  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  prepare,  or  cause  to  be  prepared  under 
his  direction,  an  abstract  of,  and  report  upon  the  returns  of  population,  manu- 
factures, business  and  agriculture  received  by  him,  as  provided  for  in  the  first 
and  third  sections  of  this  act,  which  abstract  and  report  shall  be  presented  to 
the  General  Assembly  at  the  next  January  Session  after  the  census  is  taken, 
and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  employ  such  assistance  as  may  be  necessary  for 
this  purpose. 

SEC.  7.  If  any  person  authorized  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall 
wilfully  neglect  to  make  the  returns  required  by  the  first,  second  and  third  sec- 
tions of  this  act,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  not  exceeding  oae  hundred 
dollars  ;  and  if  any  person  shall  refuse  to  give  the  information  required  in  the 
first  and  third  sections,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  hun- 
dred dollars. 

SEC.  8.  The  General  Treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay, 
upon  the  order  of  the  Governor,  the  compensation  of  the  agents  and  persons 
employed  in  taking  the  census  under  the  provisions  of  this  act ;  all  other 
expenses  incurred  thereunder  are  to  be  reported  to  this  General  Assembly  for 
allowance. 

SEC.  9.     This  act  shall  take  effect  oil  and  after  its  passage. 


102  BLANKS. 


BLANKS. 

Four  blanks  were  used  in  taking  the  census  of  Rhode  Island  in  1865  ;  one 
each  for  the  statistics  of  population,  agriculture,  fisheries,  and  manufactures. 

In  the  preparation  of  the  blanks,  it  was  thought  to  be  important  to  reduce 
their  size  as  much  as  possible,  without  omitting  any  items  of  information  which 
it  was  desirable  to  obtain. 

Thus  the  blank  for  statistics  of  population,  which  is  given  on  the  next  page, 
provides  for  more  information  than  the  similar  blank  used  in  the  United  States 
census  of  1860,  or  in  the  census  of  Massachusetts  in  1865,  while  it  is  very 
much  smaller  in  size,  and  more  convenient  for  use. 

The  blank,  given  on  the  next  page,  was  printed  on  "fools  cap"  paper, 
ruled  35  lines  to  a  page,  each  sheet  containing  space  for  70  names.  Its  size, 
when  folded  and  ready  for  u?e,  was  8£xl4  inches,  while  the  United  States 
census  blank  was  18x18  inches,  and  that  of  the  Massachusetts  census  of  1865, 
was  15x19  inches. 

The  blank  for  agricultural  statistics  was  printed  on  "fools  cap''  paper,  and 
ruled  for  36  farms  on  each  sheet,  with  59  questions  to  each  farm. 

The  blanks  for  fisheries  and  for  manufactures  were  printed  on  small  sheets 
and  bound  in  volumes. 

Copies  of  all  these  blanks,  so  far  as  they  can  be  represented  on  pages  of  this 
size,  are  given  in  the  following  pages. 


BLANKS. 


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BLANKS.  105 

CENSUS  OF  RHODE  ISLAND, 

YEAR  ENDING  JUNE  1,  1865. 


FISHERIES  AND  SHORE  STATISTICS. 


TOWN  OF 


1 .  Owner  of  Shore  Farm  ? 

2.  Acres  of  Salt  Marsh  ? 

(  Tons  of  Salt  Hay  ?    . . 

3-     ] 

(  Value  per  ton  ?    .... 


T  Sea-drift,  cords  collected  ? 
4.    J 

(  Value  per  cord  ?    


(  Fish  seined  for  manure.     Barrels  ? 
5,     4 

(  Value  per  barrel  ?   


(  Fish  seined  and  caught  for  food.     Pounds  ? 
6.    ] 

(  Total  value  of  same  ? 


7.  Clams.     Bushels  of? 

8.  Quahogs.     Bushels  of? 

9.  Scollops.    "Bushels  of? 

10.  Oysters.     Bushels  of? 

11.  Total  value  of  all  Shell  Fish  ? 


Remarks . 
14 


106  BLANKS. 

STATE     OF     RHODE     ISLAND. 

TOWN  OF 

CENSUS  JUNE  1,  1865.     MANUFACTURES. 


1 .  Location  ?   

2.  Kind  of  Manufacture  ? 

3.  Name  of  Owner  or  Company  ?    

4.  Amount  of  Capital  Stock  ?     $ _, 

5.  Kind  of  Power  used  ? . 

If  Steam  Power,  number  of  Steam  Engines?. . .  .No.  of  Boilers?. 
Total  Horse-power  of  Engines  ?   

6.  In  Cotton  Mills,  number  of  Spindles  ? No.  of  Looms  ?   .  . . 

7.  In  Woolen  Mills,  number  of  sets  of  Machinery  ?.  . . .  No.  of  Looms? 

8.  Amount  of  each  kind  of  raw  material^  used  ?   

9.  Total  value  of  raw  materials  used  ?    

10.  Number  or  amount  of  each  kind  of  articles  manufactured  ?   

11.  Total  value  of  all  articles  manufactured  ?     $    

12.  Number  of  Males  employed? Of  Females?  ...    .  Total?   .  . 

Remarks : 


NOTICE. 

The  facts  to  be  obtained  in  relation  to  Manufactures  and  Agriculture,  are^br 
the  year  ending  June  1,  1865.  The  above  blank  is  intended  as  a  general 
guide  in  obtaining  the  facts.  Of  course  all  the  questions  given  cannot  be 
answered  in  relation  to  every  kind  of  manufacture  ;  but  a  few  of  them  will  be 
found  applicable  to  every  kind,  and  particular  care  should  be  given  that  all  the 
questions  which  are  applicable  should  be  answered. 

The  information  given  is  to  be  considered  strictly  confidential,  and  should  be 
shown  to  no  person.  The  statistics  are  to  be  used  by  the  State  only  in  the 
aggregates,  and  nothing  will  be  published  which  can  give  information  relating  to 
the  private  business  of  any  company  or  individual. 

Under  the  head  of  "  Remarks,"  note  any  interesting  facts  relating  to  the 
history,  improvements,  or  changes  in  the  manufacture ;  or  any  other  facts  that 
may  be  furnished. 


INSTRUCTIONS. 


107 


CENSUS    OF    RHODE    ISLAND, 

JTIISTK    1,    18G5. 


INSTRUCTIONS. 

To  THE  ASSESSORS  OF  TOWNS  AND  AGENTS  OF  CITIES  : 

By  the  Act  of  the  General  Assembly,  a  copy  of  which  has  been  sent  to  you, 
the  assessors  in  the  several  towns,  and  appointed  agents  in  the  cities,  are 
required  to  take  the  census  The  blanks  have  already  been  sent  to  your  town. 

Double  the  quantity  of  blanks  necessary  to  take  the  census  have  been  sent. 
Use  what  is  necessary,  and  on  the  remainder  a  complete  copy  of  the  whole  is  to 
be  made,  to  be  returned  to  the  Secretary  of  State. 

In  the  selection  of  enumerators  to  do  the  work,  it  is  of  the  highest  import- 
ance that  those  persons, 'only,  should  be  employed  who  are  able  to  write  a  plain, 
legible  hand,  and  who  are  sufficiently  acquainted  with  the  population  to  spell 
names  correctly.  You  are  requested  to  use  particular  care  on  this  point. 

ijjgf3  In  most  towns  it  will  be  necessary  to  employ  more  than  one  enumerator, 
and  to  divide  the  town  into  districts.  This  division  should  be  made  so  that  the 
boundaries  of  each  district  will  be  clearly  understood,  and  the  returns  of  each 
district  should  be  kept  separate.  When  a  district. is  begun  by  any  enumerator, 
let  the  same  individual  complete  that  district  before  doing  anything  in  any  other. 
It  is  desirable  to  ascertain  the  population  of  villages  separately.  In  dividing 
your  town  into  districts,  you  will  therefore  make  such  divisions  as  will  show  this 
fact,  marking  on  the  margin  or  top  'of  the  sheet,  the  name  of  the  village. 
Where  a  village  lies  in  more  than  one  town,  the  agents  of  each  town  will  take 
only  that  portion  of  the  village  which  lies  in  their  town.  The  arrangement  and 
combination  of  the  returns  in  this  office,  will  be  made  to  show  the  population  of 
whole  villages. 

Iggr  The  blanks  must  be  filled,  in  all  cases,  with  ink,  and  not  with  a  pencil. 
You  will  see  that  good  ink  is  used,  and  that  the  blanks  are  kept  neatly  and  in 
good  order. 

djgf"  The  enumerators  should  be  ready  to  begin  on  the  second  day  of  June, 
and  should  keep  at  work,  diligently,  until  the  census  is  completed.  For  many 
reasons,  it  is  desirable  that  the  work  should  be  completed  as  soon  as  possible, 
and  have  it  done  well. 


108  .  INSTRUCTIONS. 


After  the  census  for  a  town  is  finished,  a  complete  copy  of  the  whole  is 
to  be  made,  to  return  to  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  This  copy  should 
be  in  one  hand-writing,  and  in  writing  that  is  particularly  neat  and  plain  to 
read.  This  copy  must  be  certified  to  be  correct,  and  be  returned  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  as  soon  as  completed ;  certainly  before  the  first  day  of  August 
next. 


To  THE  ENUMERATORS  : 

No  person  should  undertake  the  duties  of  taking  the  census,  unless  he  is  able 
to  write  a  neat,  legible  hand,  and  to  spell  correctly.  If  you  cannot  do  this, 
you  had  better  not  begin.  The  writing  must  be  with  pen  and  ink. 

i^"  Each  enumerator  will  have  a  single  district  assigned  to  him.  Before 
you  commence,  be  sure  you  understand  exactly  the  boundaries  of  your  district, 
and  when  you  are  done,  be  sure  you  have  obtained  the  name  and  particulars  of 
every  man,  woman  and  child  who  was  living  in  your  district,  at  noon,  on  the 
first  day  of  June,  1865. 

$^T  You  will  fill  out  the  head  of  each  page  of  the  blanks  with  the  number 
of  your  district  and  the  name  of  the  town.  You  will  also  number  each  page 
from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  your  district.  As  the  pages  are  double,  the 
number  need  be  placed  only  on  the  left-hand  corner  of  each  leaf  as  it  is  turned 
over. 

^§p  At  the  top  of  the  fourth  column  in  the  blanks,  the  word  "  street "  is 
printed  with  %  space.  In  the  country  towns  there  should  be  written  here  the 
name  of  the  road,  or  village,  or  other  name  by  which  the  locality  is  commonly 
known,  in  which  the  inhabitants  live  whose  names  are  on  the  page. 

^§f"  For  convenient  reference,  the  columns  in  the  blanks  are  numbered  at  the 
top.  The  figures  at  the  sides  of  the  pages,  and  also  the  darker  blue  line  across 
the  pages,  are  merely  for  the  purpose  of  guiding  the  eye,  so  as  to  keep  the  par- 
ticulars relating  to  each  person  on  the  same  line. 

Hgir  By  giving  particular  attention  to  the  following  directions,  no  difficulty 
will  be  found  in  filling  the  blanks  correctly  : 

1st  COLUMN. — Dwelling  houses  numbered  in  the  order  of  visitation. 
Under  this  head,  give  the  number  of  the  dwelling  houses  in  the  order  of  visita- 
tation;  the  first  house  visited  to  be  numbered  ]  ;  the  second  one  visited,  2  ; 
the  third,  3;  and  so  on  to  the  last  bouse  visited  in  the  district.  Each  house, 
having  a  separate  entrance,  is  considered  as  one  dwelling  house,  though  It  may 
contain  one  or  more  families.  There  may  be  several  houses  in  a  block ;  but  if 
they  are  separated  by  walls,  and  have  separate  entrances,  each  is  to  be  con- 
sidered as  one  dwelling  house,  and  numbered  as  such.  If  a  house  is  used 


INSTRUCTIONS.  109 

partly  for  a  shop,  store,  office,  or  for  other  purposes,  and  partly  for  a  dwelling 
house  ;  it  is  to  be  numbered  as  a  dwelling  house  ;  but  where  used  for  lodging 
only,  it  is  not.  Hotels,  poor-houses,  asylums,  jails,  boarding-schools,  and 
other  similar  institutions,  are  each  to  be  numbered  as  a  dwelling  house ;  but 
should  be  marked  under  the  number  as  "  hotel,"  "poor-house,"  &c.  When 
a  dwelling  house  is  found,  which  is  not  occupied,  put  the  number  in  the  proper 
place,  and  write  the  word  "empty"  against  the  number,  leaving  the  rest  of 
the  line  across  the  page,  blank. 

2  — Dwelling  houses ;  wood,  brick,  or  stone.  In  this  column,  against  the 
number  of  ea'ch  dwelling  house,  write  the  letters  "  W,"  "  B,"  or  "  S,"  indi- 
cating the  principal  material  of  which  the  house  is  built. 

£gT  The  blanks  for  the  cities  of  Providence  and  Newport  are  slightly  dif- 
ferent. In  those  cities,  place  the  letters  W,  B,  or  S,  (for  wood,  brick,  or 
stone,)  directly  under  the  number  of  the  house. 

B. — Families  numbered  in  the  order  of  visitation.  Under  this  head,  give 
the  number  of  each  family  as  visited,  in  the  same  manner  as  the  dwelling  houses. 

One  person,  living  separately  in  a  house  or  part  of  a  house,  and  providing 
for  himself,  or  herself,  is  to  be  numbered  as  one  family ;  or  several  persons 
living  together  upon  one  common  means  of  support,  are  one  family. 

The  resident  inmates  of  each  hotel,  jail,  poor-house,  boarding-school,  &c., 
should  be  considered  as  one  family. 

4. — Name  of  every  person,  fyc.  Be  sure  and  give  the  name,  plainly 
written,  of  every  individual,  from  the  oldest  to  the  youngest,  who  was  a  member 
of  the  family  on  the  first  day  of  June,  1865.  Include,  as  in  the  family,  those 
temporarily  absent  in  the  army  or  navy,  at  school,  or  college,  at  sea,  travelling, 
&c.,  &c. 

All  members  of  the  family  who  were  living,  at  noon,  on  the  first  day  of 
June,  are  to  be  included,  though  they  may  have  died  after  that  date ;  but  chil- 
dren born  after  that  date,  are  not  to  be  reckoned. 

Transient  persons  at  hotels  are  not  to  be  reckoned  ;  but  permanent  boarders 
should  be. 

In  taking  the  census  of  a  family,  write  the  names  in  the  following  order  : 
1.  Master  of  the  family^  if  any;  2.  Mistress  of  the  family,  if  any;  3.  Chil- 
dren, in  the  order  of  age,  beginning  with  the  oldest;  4.  Male  and  female  ser- 
vants; 5.  Boarders  and  other  persons. 

o. — Age.  If  the  age  of  the  person  is  one  year  or  over,  give  the  age  at  the 
latt  birthday  in  years,  in  the  first  column  under  the  head  of  "  Age."  If  less 
than  one  year  and  more  than  one  month,  give  the  age  in  months,  in  the  second 
column.  If  less  than  one  month,  give  the  age  in  days,  in  the  third  column. 
Take  special  pains  to  give  the  exact  age,  as  nearly  as  possible,  of  each 


110  INTRUCTIONS. 

individual.     Leave  no  blanks ;  but  if  it  is  impossible  to  get  the  exact  age,  give 
it  as  nearly  as  possible,  and  write  the  word  "  about "  against  the  age  given. 

6. — Sex.  In  this  column,  write  against  the  name  of  every  person  the  letter 
M  or  F,  meaning  male  or  female.  Always  write  the  letter  needed. 

7. —  Color.  This  column  may  be  left  blank  for  white  persons;  but  in  all 
cases  of  colored  persons,  write  against  each  name  the  letter  B,  or  M,  or  Ind., 
meaning  black,  mulatto,  or  Indian. 

8. — Place  of  Birth.  If  in  Rhode  Island,  give  the  town  or  city  ;  if  else- 
where in  the  United  States,  give  the  name  of  the  State,  as  Mass.,  Conn., 
Maine,  New  York,  &c.  ;  if  in  other  countries,  give  the  name  of  the  country,  as 
England,  Ireland,  Scotland,  Germany,  Canada,  Nova  Scotia,  &c. 

9. — Parentage.  The  parentage  of  each  individual  depends  upon  the  birth- 
place of  his  or  her  parents.  Thus,  if  both  parents  of  a  person  were  born  in  the 
United  States,  the  person  is  American  ;  if  both  parents  were  born  in  Ireland,  the 
person  is  Irish,  &c.  If  the  father  was  born  in  England,  and  the  mother  in  the 
United  States,  the  parentage  should  be  given  E.  &  A.,  &c.,  &c.  Be  sure 
and  get  the  information  with  reference  to  every  individual. 

10  — Cannot  read  and  write,  of  15  years  and  over.  In  this  column,  if  the 
individual  can  read  and  write,  leave  it  blank  ;  if  he  or  she  can  read,  but  cannot 
write,  marke  a  mark  under  the  "  W ;"  if  he  or  she  can  neither  read  nor  write, 
make  a  mark  both  under  the  "  R  "  and  under  the  "  W." 

11. —  Occupation.  Give  the  kind  of  occupation  as  far  as  possible,  and  do 
not  use  general  terms,  like  "mechanic,"  and  "  laborer/'  when  anything  more 
definite  can  be  given.  If  an  "operative,"  state  the  kind  of  mill,  as  cotton 
mill,  woolen  mill,  &c.,  &c. 

12. — Naturalized  Voters.  Make  a  mark  in  this  column  against  the  name 
of  every  person  of  foreign  birth,  who  has  acquired  the  right  to  vote,  by  the  laws 
of  this  State. 

13. — Attending  School.  The  object  of  this  column  is  to  ascertain  who  have 
attended  school  during  the  year  ending  June  I,  1865.  The  column  is  to  be 
filled  by  writing  against  the  name  of  each  individual  who  has  attended  school, 
the  letters  "Pub.,"  "Se.,"  or  "  Cath.,"  with  figures  indicating  the  number 
of  months  the  individual  has  attended  school  during  the  year.  Thus,  "  Pub. 
10,"  "  Se.  6,"  "Cath.  7,"  mean  public  schools  10  months,  select  schools  6 
months,  Catholic  schools  7  months. 

14 — Whether  Deaf  and  Dumb,  Blind,  fyc.  Whenever  a  person  is  found, 
of  either  of  the  classes  named  in  this  column,  write  against  the  name  the  words 
Deaf  and  Dumb,  or  Blind,  or  Insane,  &c.,  as  the  case  may  be. 


INSTRUCTIONS.  Ill 

15. — Employment  in  the  Military  or  Naval  Service  of  the  United  States 
since  1860.  It  is  expected  that  the  census  will  show  the  name,  and  other  par- 
ticulars, of  every  inhabitant  of  the  State  who  is  now,  or  has  been,  in  the  army 
or  navy  of  the  United  States,  since  1860,  if  they  were  living  on  the  first  day 
of  June,  1865.  This  may  be  indicated,  by  placing,  in  the  proper  place,  in 
colnmn  15,  the  initials  of  the  State  in  which  they  enlisted,  as  R.  I..  Mass., 
Conn.,  N  Y.,  &c.,  showing  what  State  the  person  enlisted  in. 

djgf"  It  is  expected  that  special  care  will  be  taken  to  obtain  full  information 
relating  to  every  individual  in  the  State,  and  that  there  will  be  no  blanks,  or 
"  unknown,"  where  the  facts  can  possibly  be  ascertained. 

In  case  there  are  marked  errors  or  deficiencies,  which  render  it  necessary  to 
do  the  work  over,  no  pay  will  be  allowed  for  the  service  rendered. 

<j!if  Any  further  explanations  relating  to  the  census,  may  be  obtained  by 
applying  to  Dr.  Edwin  M  Snow,  City  Registrar,  27  South  Main  street, 
Providence. . 

JOHN  R.  BARTLETT, 

Secretary  of  State. 


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